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Project Co, the new company poised to assume operations at LF Wade International Airport, has agreed to union requests after staff raised concerns over a letter of employment sent out earlier this month. Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda In...

The Commissioner of Prisons Colonel Edward Lamb has said he is “hopeful” that an agreement to halt industrial action being taken by prison officers will be reached today. The dispute over staff shortages and other concerns resulted in the facility be...

Accusations of politically motivated obstruction over the Rev Nicholas Tweed’s work permit continued yesterday from Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union. Mr Furbert confirmed he had been speaking of Mr Tweed on Labour Day, in whic...

Home affairs minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has defended her right to access immigration files following allegations made by union leader Chris Furbert. During yesterday’s Labour Day speech, Bermuda Industrial Union president Mr Furbert claimed som...

Union leaders lamented the state of the island on Labour Day yesterday, accusing the Bermuda Government of misfiring policies and misspending money when the people are struggling. Hundreds of people gathered at Union Street ahead of the annual march,...

The controversial airport redevelopment project, lack of employment for Bermudians and the need for a living wage were all high on the agenda in the 35th Annual Labour Day Banquet speech last night. Keynote speaker Chris Furbert, president of the Ber...

Bus supervisors were in talks with union officials yesterday over “internal concerns” involving a member of staff. The bus service was said to have been unaffected by the action. According to one source, about five or six supervisors were involved ...

Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, has been named as the keynote speaker at the annual Labour Day Banquet taking place next week. Mr Furbert will be the first sitting BIU president to deliver the keynote speech. A BIU state...

Former employees of the now defunct White’s grocery stores will receive 70 per cent of the money they are owed, liquidators have revealed. Mike Morrison and Charles Thresh of professional services firm KPMG made the announcement last night, adding th...

A “temporary solution” has been found for delayed mail deliveries affecting Harrington Sound and Southampton, the Bermuda Post Office has announced. Both have been hampered by a labour dispute with the Bermuda Industrial Union: two routes in Harringt...

A “very well-received” anti-bullying drive for the island’s workplaces has been launched by the Bermuda Public Services Union. Jason Hayward, the BPSU president, said that a special-edition resource magazine printed for the campaign had been in high ...

Airport ramp workers downed tools last week to protest their poverty-level wages, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert has said. Some staff at Menzies Aviation, a private company contracted by airlines to provide ground handling services,...