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Over a number of years, we have witnessed a massive decline in public bus services. Why is the service in such a poor state and what can be done to make things better in terms of efficiency for the riders, the drivers and the mechanics? Why are so ma...

Government reform minister Lovitta Foggo met union leaders last week to discuss “change management” as part of an attempt to improve public service efficiency. The Government said a strategic plan to provide a “comprehensive road map to achieve more ...

People are being urged to sign up for a running race raising funds to help the development of Bermuda’s young people. The Bermuda Union of Teachers has organised the race, which is now sponsored by the Freisenbruch Meyer Group, for 30 years and has r...

The Bermuda Public Services Union has mounted a defence of civil servants, including health regulators accused by Ewart Brown of targeting his medical practice. Edward Ball, general secretary of the BPSU, said: “The union takes exception to the recen...

The Bermuda Industrial Union’s rebranded credit union has set its sights on drawing thousands of new members, the BIU has announced. Now dubbed the Bermuda Credit Union Co-op Society, it aims to grow its membership up to as many as 25,000, according ...

The Bermuda Union of Teachers voiced support for the recently unveiled Plan 2022, saying it will co-operate fully if it helps students. Shannon James, president of the BUT, said the union was heavily involved in the development of the five-year strat...

Lack of a formal mandate stalled negotiations with unions for more than a year under the last Government, the Minister of Government Reform told MPs today. Lovitta Foggo said: “Upon taking office it emerged that while the PSNT had been in ongoing tal...

Firefighters have accepted a 2.5 per cent pay rise, the Bermuda Government announced today. The award, retroactive to April 1 this year, came after a negotiation process dating back to July this year, government reform minister Lovitta Foggo said. It...

So which is it? Is the Government seriously considering the i-word or not? You may recall that the Junior Minister of Home Affairs, Jason Hayward, who also happens to be the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, was the first government off...

Mr Speaker, unfortunately, there are many in Bermuda who forget that this party that we represent is first and foremost a labour party. A labour party that has always advocated the betterment of all workers of Bermuda for more than 50 years. Together...

A deal to give government workers a 2.5 per cent pay rise was struck yesterday with the Bermuda Public Services Union. The new three-year collective bargaining agreement was signed between the public sector negotiating team and the BPSU. Lovitta Fogg...

The Bermuda Union of Teachers has voted to accept a 2.5 per cent pay rise. BUT president Shannon James said union members met this week and voted unanimously to accept the offer from Government. Mr James said: “For five years, our members have not h...