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The Bermuda Government will have to pay some union legal costs after a failed effort to get a permanent injunction to halt future walkouts. The Minister of Home Affairs sought injunctions against five unions — the Bermuda Industrial Union, the Bermud...

Police officers have agreed to a pay freeze as part of a deal between the Bermuda Government and the Bermuda Police Association. According to Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the Bermuda Police Association, the deal includes a pay and promot...

Immigration reform campaigners celebrated last night after the Government withdrew its highly controversial Pathways to Status Bill. The resolution also means that public services will resume island-wide today following five days of disruptions, as c...

More than 20 containers full of “essential supplies” were unloaded and delivered to their destinations yesterday as port workers temporarily returned to work. Bermuda Industrial Union president, Chris Furbert, told protesters who gathered at the Hous...

With tensions surrounding immigration reform threatening to boil over, the Bermuda Government last night offered a series of concessions to its controversial Pathways to Status initiative. The announcement came shortly before the House of Assembly se...

Protesters who stop work to demonstrate against immigration reform are likely to be breaking the law, according to a ruling from Chief Justice Ian Kawaley. The island’s top judge said it was “strongly arguable” that the withdrawal of labour in “circu...

The Supreme Court approved an interim injunction against Chris Furbert, Nicholas Tweed and the Bermuda Industrial Union last Friday, according to recently published court documents. According to an Ex Tempore Ruling, the Ministry of Home Affairs soug...

A resolution has been found in the dispute between the Bermuda Police Association and the Bermuda Government, according to Michael Dunkley. Speaking in a budget debate, the Premier said a joint statement by the parties would be issued in the near fut...

Buses are not expected to run this morning as a labour withdrawal over immigration legislation continues. The Ministry of Tourism Development and Transport yesterday afternoon announced that the bus service would be cancelled at least during the morn...

Dear Sir, Ask anyone in the present economic climate in Bermuda, or anywhere, whether they would prefer to have a job and its associated benefits or no job and severance pay. Most would choose to have a job. Yet we are given to understand that the Be...

Bermuda was braced for industrial activity this morning, with Michael Dunkley describing the People’s Campaign’s call for an island-wide work stoppage as “irresponsible and misconceived”. At 11pm last night, the Bermuda Government warned of likely di...

A recalled statement by the People’s Campaign urged the public to join an “island-wide withdrawal of labour” tomorrow to protest against immigration reforms. At 1.59pm yesterday, the pressure group sent the media the press release, announced “in soli...