The working-class history of Bermuda
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- Teachers back new pay deal
- By Alex O'Reilly, The Bermuda Sun, 11
February 2000. Following more than six months of
negotiations, the Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT), the
Education Ministry and the Principal Association, thrashed
out a new pay deal that includes a three per cent pay
increase and an extra week of maternity leave.
- HEB, BIU clinch wage deal
- By Cathy Stovell, GazetteNET News, 9 March 2000. The
Hotel Employers of Bermuda and the Bermuda Industrial
Union announce (BIU) that a successful negotiation of wage
and gratuity increases for the remaining two years of
their collective bargaining agreement. The amicable
signing of a full contract was for the first time in
recent history.
- Hotel workers unhappy with BIU
- By Tim Greenfield, GazetteNET News, 29 March 2000. Hotel
workers have threatened to withdraw their support of the
Bermuda Industrial Union after claims over unresolved
problems at the Island's largest resort.
- Taxis: A struggle for greater
unity
- By Kevin Spurgaitis, Bermuda Sun, 23 june
2000. Recent violence against cab drivers has heightened
calls for an organization that speaks for every driver in
this country and makes the industry better, said Joe
Brown, president of the currently inactive Bermuda Taxi
Federation (BTF). However, the cooperation of taxi drivers
as a whole will not come easy, since many drivers are only
out there for themselves.
- Firefighters remain defiant
- By Karen Smith, The Royal Gazette, 23 june
2000. Defiant firefighters at the Bermuda International
Airport will continue to boycott a new shift system
today—despite lengthy talks between union bosses and
management. The men have continued with their original
working hours claiming they were not given the contractual
14 days official notice of the changes, or more time to
discuss them.