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The leader of the Bermuda Industrial Union said a dispute between bus drivers and the Government has been resolved, despite the matter being sent to arbitration. Chris Furbert, BIU president, said yesterday that the union ratified an agreement with t...

Buses services remain sidelined this afternoon, despite hopes that a resolution to the three-day dispute had been found. An agreement, which was thrashed out last night following late night negotiations, was expected to be rubber stamped in a union v...

The bus service could be shut down on Monday, it was revealed today. Bus drivers warned they were prepared to strike over a dispute with the Government. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Industrial Union said the bus division had agreed to withdraw labou...

The general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers has stepped down after 22 years in the job at the request of the union. Mike Charles confirmed that he was asked to quit and that he left the job in early June. But he refused to discuss the rea...

Selena Fields has been re-elected as president of the Bermuda Entertainment Union. Members of the union elected a new executive committee earlier this month, with Darryl Simons voted in as vice-president. The full list of the BEU executive committee...

The Bermuda Public Service Union has awarded students a total of $30,000 in an effort to support the further education of Bermudians. The 29th BPSU Annual Education Awards Ceremony recognised the hard work of 12 recipients with awards. The union awar...

Staff at the hardware store SAL did not work for a second day yesterday following a dispute with management over the potential firing of a longstanding colleague. Wornell Steede, chief union shop steward at SAL, said about 15 staff members walked off...

Two members of the Bermuda Public Service Union have been appointed to secretariat positions, the union announced yesterday. Kevin Grant has been named the BPSU’s General Secretary, while Linda Bogle-Mienzer has been named the Labour Relations Organi...

A union leader is calling for tougher penalties for “unscrupulous employers” who try to weaken union representation. Armell Thomas, the president of the the Bermuda Public Service Union, said membership in some bargaining units was under threat from ...

The Bermuda Industrial Union’s work-to-rule and overtime ban will do the union more harm than good. But that may not stop it from escalating the dispute, and causing harm to the wider community on an issue where it has neither right nor logic on its...

“With friends like these, who needs enemies” — Joey Adams This expression is timely when we consider that one’s close associates can often prove to be more adversarial and damaging than one’s enemy or opponents. The quote above is very applic...

“Every aspect” of the island’s public transport system will feel the pinch from a weeklong union restriction on working hours, the transport minister warned. Lawrence Scott said bus cancellations could reach as many as 100 routes a day and ferry rout...