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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...

The eight-week bus dispute is to be settled by independent arbitration after transport and union bosses failed to thrash out an agreement. With the arbitration process now underway, drivers have had to end their two-day strike and return to work. Fr...

Perishable goods are likely to remain on board The Oleander instead of on supermarket shelves for the second weekend in succession as dockworkers’ overtime ban continues. Dockworkers are refusing to work weekends or evenings as part of an ongoing row...

By Sirkka Huish Regular bus service is to resume tomorrow after Transport and union bosses agreed to go to arbitration to solve the bus dispute. Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Kim Wilson today announced that the dispute will be resolved w...

About a dozen people turned out yesterday on the steps of City Hall to protest the bus strike. Organised by Sahima Choudhury, who set up the Facebook page ‘Rally Against Bus Driver’s Strike’, people turned out in the face of rain and dark clouds to h...

Bermuda’s bus strike continued last night, with union officials standing firm despite mounting pressure on drivers to return to work. Bermuda Industrial Union [BIU] Leader Chris Furbert said he was planning urgent meetings with Government. “I want to...

Based on early evidence, it appears that the Bermuda Industrial Union and its bus driver members may have miscalculated in going out on strike. A poll in this newspaper’s website, while not a scientific poll, showed opposition on the order of 95 per...

Our Facebook page was inundated with comments yesterday when we posed the question: ‘Do you support the bus strike?’ Comments ranged from ‘No!’ to ‘Absolutely not! Its pathetic!’ One person wrote: “And only in Bermuda does foolishness happen like thi...

Kindhearted drivers signalled willingness to help those stranded by the bus strike by adorning their cars with pink and blue ribbons. The decorations, made in colours matching the absent buses, were given out for free by Demco florists. Marketing and...