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A march in Hamilton on the anniversary of the 1981 strike will start at noon on Wednesday from Victoria Park

Plans to recruit 11 new firefighters received a lukewarm response from the Fire Service Association. Michael Weeks, the Minister for National Security, made the announcement on Thursday. Earlier in the week he said staff shortages within the service ...

An industrial dispute about overtime payments to school custodians was settled yesterday, The Royal Gazette has learned. About 25 public school custodians downed tools and gathered at the Bermuda Industrial Union headquarters yesterday morning afte...

It looked like the dispute that has taken the public bus service off the road for the past 12 days was coming to an end last night. It is not before time. There are and were no winners in this deadlock. The bus drivers had moved from cutting off th...

A dispute that brought public bus services to a standstill for 11 days could continue today – even though the deadlock has been referred to a labour tribunal. Jason Hayward, the labour minister, made the referral earlier yesterday – which made contin...

The bus and ferry services will not run today amid Covid-19 health and safety fears among unionised staff. A Government spokeswoman said the Department of Marine & Ports had been notified by the Bermuda Industrial Union that staff would strike today....

A decorated police superintendent who seized the initiative during a march by workers through Hamilton during the General Strike of 1981 was praised for his calm in a crisis. Campbell Simons, who has died aged 78, was also an “outstanding” sportsman ...

Industrial action by unionised workers today in protest at new union decertification laws has been called off at the eleventh hour. Chris Furbert, the Bermuda Industrial Union president, said that in the interests of reopening dialogue between the un...

A slow return to normal working may have made hotel staff reluctant to take part in the Bermuda Industrial Union’s strike action, the head of the sector’s association has said. Stephen Todd, the chief executive officer of the Bermuda Hotels Associati...

The rift between workers and Government widened yesterday as both sides refused to budge on voting rights for union decertification. The Bermuda Industrial Union warned it had the power to bring the Government down if it failed to give in to its dema...

Controversial rules on union decertification will not be amended – despite increased pressure from trade unionists, ministers insisted yesterday. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, and Jason Hayward, the labour minister Jason Hayward – supported by se...

The Bermuda Industrial Union last night vowed to push ahead with a two-day strike today despite a warning that it would hurt the most vulnerable members of the public. Walter Roban, the Acting Premier, said: “The next two days will hurt those who can...