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The island’s power supplier is now halfway through a 14-day union ultimatum to reinstate four management staff, but neither side in the dispute would say if talks have taken place. Unionised Belco workers adopted a work-to-rule last Friday in the wak...

Industrial action at Belco could leave customers in the dark, the utility warned over the weekend. The company said customers “may experience power outages” as a result of the industrial action with the Electrical Supply Trade Union, which imposed a ...

Directors at under-fire power firm Belco are prepared to meet union and government representatives to try to end industrial action at the firm. A spokesman for Ascendant Group, Belco’s parent company, said the board wanted talks to end a work-to-rule...

Union workers at power firm Belco imposed a work-to-rule yesterday in the wake of controversial management departures. The Electricity Supply Trade Union has demanded the return of the four Bermudian non-unionised staff, and the removal of two top ma...

The Government had to pay out $650,000 in redundancy packages to BAS Serco staff after they did not renew the company’s contract to run the airport. BAS Serco staff argued they had lost “continuity of employment” even though CI², who took over the ro...

A work-to-rule that disrupted bus services more than a week was called off yesterday. Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said industrial action at the Department of Public Transportation had been lifted “effective immediately”....

Island minibus drivers said yesterday they were ready to handle increased demand created by bus cancellations. Menelik Isaac, of Suburban Transit, said that minibus drivers were happy to fill gaps created by disruption to public transport. He added...

Residents and tourists yesterday vented their frustration over a work-to-rule at the island’s bus service. A 17-year-old girl said bus cancellations meant she and friends had to cancel their plans to visit the Parade of Bands in St David’s on Nation...

Three days’ advance notice has been agreed for future industrial action at the docks after a dispute over a dismissed worker was settled with management. The resolution was announced yesterday by Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial...

The island’s bus cancellations are the result of an ageing fleet rather than a standoff over schedules, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert said yesterday. Mr Furbert was speaking after Michael Fahy, a former One Bermuda Alliance transpo...

Stevedoring Services workers at Hamilton Docks have downed tools in a dispute with management. Warren Jones, Stevedoring Services chief executive, confirmed yesterday afternoon that the firm had received notice of industrial action and was working to...

Workers from the Corporation of Hamilton have downed tools for a second day. As of 2.30pm this afternoon, roughly 20 workers had blocked the vehicle entrance to the corporation building on Canal Road. Some carried placards, with the message “Don’t b...