NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Unofficial results tallied from yesterday’s strike poll taken by members of the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) will give hoteliers the green light to take industrial action on hotel properties across New Providence, according to Darrin Woods, BHCAWU President. Two hours after polls closed on Thursday evening, Woods confirmed […]

Calls for calmer heads to prevail during negotiation process NASSAU, BAHAMAS – As the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union has plans take a strike poll tomorrow, Minister of Tourism, Dionisio D’Aguilar, told reporters on Tuesday that a strike at this present time would be ‘devastating’ for the tourism industry. “Fifty-five percent of our […]

Department of Labour to meet intervene today NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Director of Labour John Pinder yesterday encouraged the management of National Insurance Board and the unions that represents line staff and managers to be “reasonable” as the department intervenes today in an effort to end the stalemate which prompted scores of employees to engage in […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – President of the Trade Union Congress, Obie Ferguson, on Monday urged executives of the Water and Sewerage Mangers Union (WSMU), The Bahamas Utilities Services and Allied Workers Union (BUSAWU) and the board at the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) to work together to resolve their ongoing issues. Last week Friday, Justice Keith […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Amid fears over the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by year’s end, President of the Bahamas Public Services Union, Kimsley Ferguson, on Wednesday called on the government to ensure that legislation is put in place to protect the livelihood of Bahamians as workers are often slighted and overlooked. His […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Contentious issues between the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) and the Ministry of Education appears to be making positive headway, according to education minister Jeffery Lloyd. Lloyd told media outside Cabinet yesterday, that his ministry has begun negotiations with the teacher’s union and expects that both sides will be able to remedy […]

Labour minister issues strike certificates NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Unions representing employees at the Water and Sewerage Corporation have been given the green light by government to take strike action as Labour Minister Dion Foulkes recently signed off on their strike certificates. This follows a dispute with the Trade Union Congress and the Board of the […]

Says Labour Director has no right to refuse issuance NASSAU, BAHAMAS  – President of the Trade Union Congress, Obie Ferguson, on Friday claimed that Labour Director John Pinder has no right to refuse the issuance of a strike certificate for the unions representing managers and line staff at the Water and Sewerage Corporation. “John [Pinder] […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Challenging the legitimacy of both strike votes taken by the line staff and managerial unions at the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) last week, the WSC board said it has advised the general manager and the counsel of the corporation to file a trade dispute. In a 10-page letter, board members said […]

WSC unions strike poll set for tomorrow NASSAU, BAHAMAS –  Having led a work to rule in recent weeks, coupled with a strike poll set for April 17th, president of The Bahamas Utilities Services and Allied Workers Union (BUSAWU) Dwayne Woods said the union and management at the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) has come […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The two unions representing employees at the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) have applied to the Ministry of Labour to schedule a strike poll on April 17, 2019. On Thursday, The Bahamas Utilities Service and Allied Workers Union (BUSAWU), headed by Dwayne Woods, issued a letter to Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes, […]

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU) President Paul Maynard said Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis has assured that Bahamian workers will be trained to maintain the generation units that are being purchased through the Wartsila agreement. “I have been given assurances that Bahamians will be trained and operating the plant,” Maynard told Eyewitness […]