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As the overtime ban for workers at the Hamilton Docks simmers on, food distributors confirmed that delays are having an impact on their operations. Although Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert on Tuesday said the inconvenience has been “...

August 19, 2011 Dear Sir, I’m a tourist here and any time I have taken the bus with a few exceptions, drivers have come off as very rude and nasty and the most ignorant people I have met. It does not make any sense for a professional in the field of ...

Union boss Chris Furbert has hit out at managers at Hamilton Docks for “not cooperating” and putting the health of dockworkers at risk. The Bermuda Industrial Union President touched upon several issues at a press conference yesterday saying he “want...

Union boss Chris Furbert says the two-week overtime ban at Hamilton Docks will continue as he points the finger at residents for “jumping out of their shoes” and “totally exaggerating” the delays being caused. The Bermuda Industrial Union president h...

BIU president Chris Furbert has confirmed that bus drivers lost two days of pay when they were on strike last week. Residents have repeatedly questioned whether the bus drivers were paid when they downed tools in support of their fired colleague Jenn...

Both Opposition parties last night called for unions and managers to avoid bringing the Island to a standstill as tension remains high in a number of industries. For the second Sunday in a row, The Oleander yesterday sat in Hamilton dock with nobody ...

The sacked driver at the centre of the bus dispute has described the last eight weeks as “a living hell”. Jennifer Harvey said she was “very relieved” that transport and union bosses were now going to arbitration. The dispute is to be settled by inde...

Bus operator Earlston Thompson continued to defy the Bermuda Industrial Union strike yesterday and drive his regular shift, saying he’d already resigned from the union. “Reprisal is always a factor in situations like this here,” Mr Thompson said, sho...