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Workers feared they could lose wages after being unable to get to their jobs in the wake of Hurricane Humberto, the Government said yesterday. Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, urged employers to consider alternative...

The Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport has offered words of support to the latest masonry apprenticeship trainees telling them the skills they will gain on the programme are in high demand. Lovitta Foggo visited the recruits during an o...

I was always told that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Rather than wasting time challenging this notion, I thought it would be much more interesting to consider whether an old dog can teach himself new tricks — or whether he would be more effe...

Dear Sir, Today’s Royal Gazette (Tuesday, September 10) reminded me once again that Bermuda is very often an environment that is hypocritical, contradictory and full of people who follow the dictum “I’m all right, Jack”. The paper notes that Butterfi...

The jobs of 20 Bermudian security guards at Bermuda Security Group’s cash-in-transit business unit are to be made redundant. The mix of 12 full-time and eight part-time workers will lose their jobs at Shield Security Ltd on September 27. The company...

The Bermuda Industrial Union has launched a fundraising drive to help those impacted by Hurricane Dorian. A spokeswoman for the union said that the theme of the campaign is “Helping to put lives back together”. She added: “It is our hope that funds...

British Airways flights between Bermuda and London will be cancelled today for the second day running because of a strike by pilots. The 2.55pm flight from Gatwick has been cancelled on both days, as well as the return flights scheduled for 8.10pm. T...

Following on from my recent article on the perils of plastic, I think it’s only fitting that I now address the other end of the telescope by penning a few thoughts on the current trend towards minimalism. To start with, what is minimalism? As there ...

Migrant workers have shared “horror stories” claiming abuse, xenophobia, unfair discrepancies in working contracts and having their travel documents seized, according to a union leader. Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Unio...

Scores from an annual pupil assessment should be used to guide maths teaching in public schools, the head of the teachers’ union said yesterday. Shannon James, the president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said that the results of the Cambridge Ch...

A second staff member at a cleaning firm accused of failure to pay its employees has come forward. The woman, who asked not to be named, warned that she would take industrial action if Just Cleaners did not stump up the money she is owed. The woman ...

When we wake up in the morning and turn on our lights, we can thank union members. When we drive to work on paved public highways, we can thank union members. When we go to the hospital and receive care from medical professionals, we can thank union ...