BIU & Ministry To Meet Over Suspended Driver
[Updated] There is a temporary interruption of bus services this morning, as the BIU called a meeting for bus operators at 10:30am today [Aug.15].
A DPT spokesperson said, “The Department of Public Transportation [DPT] is advising the public that due to union activity this morning there is currently an interruption of bus service, which is affecting all bus routes. The DPT advised that it will update the public once services have resumed.”
The BIU is presently embroiled in a dispute with the Transport Ministry over the suspension of a bus driver. On August 11, BIU President Chris Furbert said the BIU gave the Transport Ministry 24 hours to reinstate a bus driver who was suspended following an accident seven weeks ago, and the Ministry of Transport released a statement saying the bus driver will be reinstated after she takes a drug test.
Update 11:35am: The meeting is still ongoing
Update 12:20pm: A few drivers are straggling out, however the meeting appears to be ongoing.
Update 1:00pm: The meeting appears to be winding down with drivers walking out and getting back on the bus. We have not had an official statement from any party at this time as to what is happening, however a few bus drivers did say they are going back to work.
Update 1:22pm: We are awaiting a press conference with BIU officials.
Update 1:32pm: BIU officials confirm that the drivers are going back to work right now, and the BIU will meet with the DPT management and the Ministry of Transport. They still hope to have the female bus driver reinstated by the end of the month.
Update 7:30pm: Statement from UBP MP Kim Swan:
As work stopped today for consideration by Department of Transportation (DPT) Workers to go on strike, if ratified at this time, would send out the wrong message locally and internationally, as many of our businesses are hanging on by a thread and our tourism industry limps along.
We urge the union, its members and the government to further consider the current state of Bermuda – engulfed with difficulties economically and socially – to find a solution at the bargaining table or by mediation in the national interest.
When considering the impact of industrial action to the tourism industry, cruise ships have become the main stay for our struggling tourism economy, as more than 55% of our tourist now come to Bermuda via cruise ships. Industrial action resulting in work stoppage of buses will adversely affect tourism and our image overseas.
Consider the rocky start to our tourism season – when issues regarding public transportation in Dockyard resulted in complaints and negative publicity internationally – kicked the cruise season off with prolific bad press.
At this time, midway into the same season, any disruption of service caused by a labour dispute, will place an already challenged tourism industry under further strain. From a local standpoint daily work commuters dependent on public transportation (bus service) will also be inconvenienced and bear the brunt of the work stoppage.
We note that, at the heart of this dispute is drug testing and continue to call on the Plp government to encourage its politicians to lead by example and subscribe to random drug testing.
We urge the Government, the Union and Workers to work expeditiously and with all deliberate due diligence to prevent this dispute escalating to a prolonged work stoppage.
Why? I guess that tourists and locals who patronize the bus service should “expect” this level of service. It’ll be interesting to see what’s said by the politicians on both sides of the floor.
BIU is about protecting bad workers, and not fighting for workers rights.
Forget the bad workers part….would you feel safe on a bus knowing that this union has historically protected drivers of buses and ferries that have been found to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol…WHILE on DUTY!!! 0 fired to date I believe. I would never allow my children to ride on a bus or ferry even on a school field trip because you never know who or what you are going to get.
I drive the bus and I don’t agree with this so called strike. She needs to get her A$$ tested to avoid all this mess. If not ya gotta go simple as that. I don’t mind walking for something that’s right but not this. So to the public i am with you on this one!! Sorry to all my passengers that’s waiting for a bus right now!!!
I agree. What would happen if you chose not to go to the union headquarters and just stayed at your job?
Hey Bus Driva for BUI President!!!!
Got my vote too.
In that type of situation, you probably run the risk of not having the union go to bat for ‘you’ if ‘you’ ever wind up in a sticky situation.
I’m all for the Union going to bat for their peeps but hey, there is such a thing called ‘personal responsibility’ and I’m sure the other members don’t appreciate being drag down with this chick’s mess..
Ubnionfreak is correct. Being in a union gives you certain protections and perks but does not allow you to be or act in an irresponsible manner. Just because the union would provide lawyers and arbiters does not allow you to act any way you want.
Apparently ….It does in Bermuda. Ol bus driver..smoke up a little bit, smoke up a little bit, smoke up a little bit….you remember the song..LOL
Strive to make a change in your division Bud Driva. Change occurs when ONE person says enough is enough! Sounds like you’re just about there, go for it!!
she will be back to work after a nice little paid vacation.
Thanks Bus Driva for your feed back. So I can assume that there are others who feel the same way. Is there something keeping you and others who have similar sentiments from continuing your bus runs this morning? I’m having a hard time understanding why you would still not drive even if you disagree. Furthermore…do these Unions get paid even when they strike? If so, that needs to be the first thing addressed during deliberations. There should be zero or half pay for striking to ensure that arbitration is used to the fullest extent. I’m sure it will eliminate all the frivolous downing of tools that is becoming very regular in BDA. It’s like the story when the lil boy cries wolf. Its done so often that when real collective issues arrive the union will have NO credibility left!
Well even if you disagree, you have to go with the flow….That’s the sad part.
No you don’t if we go on strike you don’t have to go on strike with us stop misleading the people you can go out there and drive the bus your self like a fool and by the way I work there to well over 25 years so keep your misleading comments coming.
Just when there seemed to be a voice of reason in the bus operator’s division, you had to say something!
I vote for Bus Driva for union president!!! Who is actually the fool here?!
Maddog, can I introduce you to a new invention? Its called a period, its used to end a sentence so that you don’t have “run on” statments. It also allows those of us who can read to fully understand your thought without having to edit as we speak. Um just sayn!!
Cool
Maddog couldn’t hold de same job for 25 minutes let alone 25 years. Go to the vet and get a muzzle with a kool-aid filter on it.
“I work there to well over 25 years”
Ass
Whenever there is a work stoppage either for a meeting such as this or a strike you will probably find half the bus drivers just sitting over at ptb waiting for service to resume. Unfortunately even for all those who dont agree with the action being taken now and as much as lots of them would like to be out here servicing the public ptb managment wont allow them. Because after a meeting is called everyone has to stop thats the unions policy and if any of them were to disregard that policy there ould be a big price to pay, meaning those who worked might get thier tires slashed from coworkers. As far as being paid most times they are,nt paid for the time lost unless the issue clearly points to management being at fault. But as most have said the minister will back down and again they will get thier way. I remember some years ago the president for the bus drivers devision Glen Simmons called in sick to work so he could go and play in a golf tourament and the team he was playing on won and his picture ended up in the newspaper the next day he was fired the union fought and got him back his job now he is the president of that devision and loves loves loves to recommend strike for every little thing.Its time for our government to take a stand and show chris furbert that they were the ones chosen to run the country not him.
Know ya fact ya stupid a$$, he did get fired for that but the BIU did not get his job back. He reapplied after a number of years later & the rest is histroy!!!!!! Know ya facts a$$!!!!!!
This is bullsh*t. We are a sad country where everytime there is an employee issue it halts public transportation. Lets sort this out once and for all!
Come on PLP, we needs a better system in place to avoid this every month.
Its time we privatise the ferry and bus service so we can have service when the cruise ships are in and when we need it. In the mean time..make the woman take the drug test and get back to work. Not only is this disrupting travel for the Bermudian public but also for our soon to be “dwindling cruise ship passengers” (do to our bus and ferry decline of regular service situation). The bus drivers are also loosing wages and in the economy who can afford that!
Agreed. Seems like BUI is living in the dark ages, trying to leverage their position by making tourists wait for ever for a bus. As we aren’t able to get a rental car, and bikes are for the birds, its shanks pony for us today! Luckily we like to walk, though both in our 60s.
Has anyone heard of the power of social media? Faster than you can say knife, the bad vibes spread rapidly today when any product fails to live up to expectations, and that includes tourism.
I could say more, but draw your own conclusions. We live in a highly competitive networked world today, where restrictive practices are dealt with by market forces.
As to the issue in question, if the driver is clear, let her take the test to prove it. If not well she has to go, and good luck getting driving work after that!
its wrong that everyone should suffer for one person, the tourists, the locals – people who are innocent and have nothing to do with this.
heres the answer, fire the driver, and replace the BIU. is there a place where we can sign a petition to get this to happen so that we don’t have to worry about this irresponsible driver (and others to come in the future) nor the people who defend them?
its called the voting booth. as long as govt lets them do this, they will.
Here we go again, bring the Island to a halt, while tourist are here for them to go back and tell all their friends. If you know that the policy and procedure of DPT is to be drug tested after having an accident then just do it if you have nothing to hide!!!!!!
The BIU needs to grow up and be realistic, how can you even entertain this foolishness. This “employee” was told to take a test after an accident, I take the bus and I sure as hell dont want an impaired driver with my life in her hands. She needs to take the test, whats she so afraid of?!
I hope the Minister and manangement of PTB do NOT back down and make her take the test or let her go. Enough is enough.
ROTFLOL! Great advertising for the Labour Day banquet when trying to access this article!!! How I’m gonna get there when the buses strike!? SMH!
Catch a ferry and walk like dee rast…..bwahaaaaaaaaaa
Agreed….the timing of the ad is priceless….
CHRIS FURBERT NEED TO GO AND THE PLP NEEDS TO WAKE UP!!!!!!
Chris Furbert needs to wake up also and the PLP needs to GO!!!!
This whole thing is a mess beyond all messes. The woman needs to take a drug test and he knows it. How can we allow this to happen?
The BIU is the equivalent of a spoiled child who always gets his way. He knows it so he continues to behave badly. Until the Government stands up to BIU, the behavior will continue and only get worse.
PLP – this is your moment. Don’t disappoint us yet again. Remember, the behavior will only get worse with each incident. Bermuda needs you to stand firm and have the BIU back down.
We are waiting, so should you. BIU needs to fall – it is time.
Very well said, I agree whole heartedly!!
Also, there is an election looming, our Government should do and stand up for what is RIGHT!!
We are watching and listening Honorable Madame Premier.
Sorta like calling the kettle black. They are all PLP….It’s an in house fued for power, thats all. Never mind the rest of us………
Louis Armstrong sang…..”What a wonderfull world”…………He never invisioned this crap………
Drunks and Druggies – Applications for Bus Drivers and Ferry Boat Operators now available throught the BIU. No screening necessary. Guaranteed job for life!! Drug Testing not mandatory for public transporation. Apply now.
I feel what everybody on here is saying. Fact is that the requested drug test is not the one that is part of the employee agreement (if I am correct). They want to take one of those hair sample tests, but the documents in place say it is supposed to be a urine sample instead. My guess is that the point the woman and BIU are trying to make is that if you let it slide for such a minor thing, then what will be next to slide? The end result would be that your basic rights as a bus driver or whatever else you may be would be compeltely ignored as well. Just my projection of what i think the point they are trying to make is.
Not saying that I agree with the whole strike and all of that, but if I was in her shoes I would prob refuse to take the test as well.
I could show you or post the drugs testing policy of dpt and nowhere in that policy does it say what kind of drug test it clearly states random drug tests and drugs test pertaining to accidends with injury. The bermuda hospitals board have the same tests in place.
Ahhh I understand. I was goign off of what the BIU was saying. No surprise there.
Seems like we are getting two different stories. I was under the impression that she was in fact asked to take a urine test at first, but refused to do so. I thought that the only reason they are now asking for a hair sample is because one, she didnt report the accident on the day of (a Friday), she call in sick Saturday and Sunday and then on Monday when asked to take the urine test, refused to do so resulting in her being suspended. They are now asking for a hair test because the accident took place over 2 months ago; I believe canabis residue only stays in your urine for up to 30 days, (I could be wrong). PTB is just trying to make sure that drugs was NOT the reason or contributed to the accident whatsoever. Again anyone could have forgotten to put up a hand brake… what makes a huge difference is whether you are sober and forget, or under the infulence and forget….
Well, if she would have done the urine test when they asked then she would not be faced with having to do the hair follicle test. The employer followed procedure but this womans actions is what cause this situation. I hope they do not strike on behalf of her because it is sending the wrong message to the children. They will think that they can do something wrong and get away with it and have their co-workers all stand up for you. I say they should fire her. Bermuda needs workers who will be truthful. I knew if I did drugs and they asked me to take a drug test, I would do it and pray to God that they do not fire me, instead of avoiding the test and making them think I do it. Either way it would be point towards me being a addict. If I take the test, they will know, If I dont take the test, they will know anyways. Just take the test.
Blah… This is what happens when the Union and the Gov. are one and the same. PLP/BIU… Remember you get what you vote for people.
And what would I get IF I voted for you?!
If I remember correctly the originally victory ad campaign slogan went something like “Make it Happen” vote PLP. I voted at the time 1 vote for UBP (we had two votes back then) and 1 for PLP. This wasn’t what I imagined they meant.
Proud to be a Bermudian… NOT! Spoiled brat is the disease and the BIU is the source of its proliferation! Never been so embarrassed of my country than this moment! What type of retard is running the BIU to act as the entitlement agent for such stupid worker behavior!? DO us ALL a favor and resign! Else for the bus driver, I guess she can drink, smoke, and push whatever she likes. Like the road adjustments, we can wait until a tourist is killed before something of some SENSE is done. So sad
This is what you get for forgiveness of debt etc – what a joke. No wildcat strikes and proper notice! yah right.
Ah… it’s all falling into place now. The Union must take an extreme position on this – and every other – issue that involves one of its members because if they were to turn to the union for financial assistance it would open up their accounts. I think there may be NO money in their account… and they cannot afford for that Pandora’s box to be cracked open at all.
We live on a bus route and my family wants to go home. They all have bus passes. Will the BIU please send the drivers back out or advise how we can be re-imbursed for the taxi…
“re-imbursed”?
hahahahaha!! hold your breath!
The BIU is as useless self serving entity who does nothing to help Bermudians – except help themselves to money out of our paychecks.
They’ve ruined tourism and they continue to ruin Bermuda.
Hold these meetings after work like the rest of the world.
But I guess common sense and decency is to much to ask from that lot. It just goes to prove, once again, they don’t care about Bermuda.
Can you imagine if this happened in a major city or another top notch Island like Barbados? People would be in an uproar.
Eff you BIU.
I sit here wondering what the situation is like up in dockyard with two mega ships both carrying around 3000 passengers. This is truely a very embarrising moment for Bermuda. We should start a boycott against the biu gas station and theater until the membership come togeather and get rid of the so called leader Chris Furbert. Enough is enough.
Here we go again. Chris Furbert my eight year old can talk better than you. Get back to work policy is policy. Things change all the time whether the test be done by hair or urine. IF YA NOT DOING DRUGS TAKE THE DAMN TEST.
Please Note: if she fails she still has her job (TAKE THE DAMN TEST)
Am I missing something here??????????/
wachoomean?….um um I speak wery vell, its just um not got no time to spend reedin, coz um gotti meet wiff de WORKAHS all de time.. Its werry flushtratin’ yoo kno….
A-men! take the test! I wonder really how she feels to know because she didnt want to take a drug test she stopped all public transportation. Probably doesn’t care. Inconvenienced a LOT of people because of her stupidness!!
Bermuda’s bus service is advertised in all the tourist sites as a very reliable way to get around the island. Unfortunately, this is not so, as this morning’s disruption proved. Why couldn’t the bus drivers have had their meeting on their own time? As buses are the only option available to older tourists, we definitely won’t be returning to the island to vacation and will not recommend it to others.
Because they want monies for attending meetings after hours. Can you see them turning up at 10pm after playing snooker and drinking…..bwahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Bermuda is Gonna Be Another World 700 miles at sea and the way the drivers meet you will be a melody….just look across the harbor and see a multi coloured “SALE”……………………………………………………..
There you have it folks……foot officially shot.
I agree with you,and as a Bermudian I apologise for what you and other tourist had to endure today !!!!!
We have to come and face facts. We really do not care about tourist or tourism. I see how they get treated all the time – Especially by Bus Drivers.
The BIU and this bus driver obviously dont care about tourism and the people of Bermuda. I wish there was a way to have a privately run bus service, then maybe they will feel grateful to be employed and maybe take more pride in their jobs. I truly dont beleive that all of them are so selfish and spoilt adults, but the majority are.
Competition is always healthy encourgaes one to want to do better so they can prosper. Again, the Minister has to stand up to the wicked (BIU).
The BIU are so past dumb, its not even funny. I can’t believe they would hold a meeting at 10:30AM instead of 7:00PM as advertised before. They have NO respect for the people of Bermuda and this is because ONE person refused and still refuses to take a drugs test. A test, that even if she tests positive isn’t fired.
BIU have lost their minds and loose in credibility EVERY DAY. I’m happy the government didn’t budge this time.
Curious…the P.L.P. will give in to the demands of the B.I.U.because they know who votes for them !!!!We have a problem with the docks, the bus operators,and now the prison officers have served a twenty one day strike notice !!!!!!!!!!!! who will be next ? Who the HELL IS IN CHARGE OF THIS ISLAND ?
Sir Richard, do what you are being paid for…..enough is enough !!!!!!!
I wonder if there is an insurance apsect to all this. If this female bus-driver has an accident in the future, will the PTB find that their insurance will not cover repairs (including injuried people) due to the fact that they do not/cannot enforce their workplace drug-policy.
Missed the bus this am! This story is so sad.
‘Angry’ hits nails pretty good. Privatization may come sooner than thought but what most fail to realise is that these persons hold the trump card. They already have Licences et al. It’s just a family fued.
As for “competition is always healthy”….in relation too what.
There is none………………..don’t you get it guys////////////////////////…..
Who hands out Bus Drivers, PTB licences….the person that runs it………..bwahaaaaaaaaaaaaa
It’s a scam guys………they know they can do it……………………and provide fast ferry service to Martha’s Wineyard……………………………………..
If our people want to make a difference, stop taking the buses for a month. Give the folks a ride… Cripple them for a while and trust me, things will change quickly.
There is no Union more powerful than empowered Bermudians getting fed up with a broken system. We will lead by example! As our mother said “I can show you, better than I can tell you!”
Don’t buy bus passes and put the money in the drivers pocket. Now the drivers can have as much time off as they like.
Lack of accountability = BIU = PLP.
Prison Officers!!?? Are you serious!
This is all by design……
Mr. Cameron…..we have a go for lift off……..
The BIU should be putting some of that golfcourse Money aside for Training….Training the bus drivers how to act……..or yes it should go private!
We already addressed that. Where you been…at the meeting? Read my comments…..They still will have a job whether private or Government. They have the “Licence”…get real……………………………….It’s a ploy………….Koolaide anyone…..
if it went private we could pay off some of our National Embarrassment. If we sold off the Garbage Government Workers, the Ferry government Workers and ofcourse the largest part of our Budget; Works and Engineering. We would be able to pay our debt off in full and have money left over to build some REAL Capital Projects(or atleast pay for the Hospital too)
This scene of entitlement is what’s destroying our Island. When this recession started, I said, it will need to last for about five years and see about 15 to 20% unemployment before this mindset is changed. In short, a lot of people will need to be out of work for about three to four years, then we will see some change. The BIU, under this idiot!!, is just making sure that this happen. He is just too dumb to see what he is doing.
He stupid actions are facilitated by the shortsightedness of SOME! of the workers he represent. You folks better wake up, you are draining the last bit of resource we have to pay you with. When that’s gone, you all wont have a job to fight for. Wake up!! and get rid of this moron, you have for a leader.
CHRIS FURBERT NEEDS TO GO AND THE PLP NEED TO WAKE UP!!!!!!
where the bus drivers messed up is when they agreed to take drug tests period (& maybe all government workers ) when their employers refuse to. this issue has bitten the plp government suarely in their behind & as Malcom x said “THE CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzuOOshpddM
all goverment employees should refuse to drug tests on the principle of their employers’ criteria of “Don’t do as I do. Do as I say”
Make me part of gomint ora minister or else!
Maybe, and I know this is a long shot, Chris will finally hand the years of overdue Financial Statements over to Government at the meeting…fat chance that happening you say…
99.9% of the Bus drivers are PLP supporters, and the Government know it! PLP + UNION = VOTES.
I take it that the BIU learnt from the BEST, the mother country OUR beloved UK.
Because like most people here the UK is ALWAYS RIGHT. ( haven’t they been rioting the past few weeks )
Bus strike halts 43 London routes. Commuters struggled to board the crowded services which were running Drivers of 750 buses in east London and the City have gone on strike, halting 43 routes and disrupting 15 others.
But maybe, we learned from our closest neighbors. The USA.
Arlington Transit bus drivers were on strike for a second day on Tuesday, and they say they will be back on the picket line on Wednesday. It means major delays for riders, and it could be days or even weeks before service is back to normal.
Or could it be we went a little further North. Oh Canada
A nearly three-month old strike by public transportation workers in St. John’s has ended, with a large majority of union members voting Thursday evening to accept a tentative deal reached the day before.
Whilst the reasons the strikes arent the same, we arent the only place on earth, where these things happen.
But hey, i guess Bermuda is another world.
we are not talking about canada….and !terry….you so smart, you know nothing.
its not just a strike that has people hyped.. you are missing the point…
its both the reason for the strike as well as the frequency of them for similar reasons.
As soon as you mentioned the reasons for the strikes arent the same, you’re whole point became unrelated to this one. The reason for the strike is the entire thing that has people pissed off.
I’m pretty sure that those examples you referenced aren’t a bunch of public transport drivers on strike to reinstate an employee who won’t take a drug test after having had an accident. They are striking for bigger issues – pay equity, working conditions etc. I mean, think about it, the whole Island grinds to a halt because of one druggie? Come on people. THINK!!!
Can somebody answer me if there is a policy in transportation employees contracts stating that if they are in a accident they are subject to a drug test, or if there is a random drug test policy.
If no such policy exists than the BIU is doing the correct thing for it’s member, no matter how childish it seems. Your employer cannot simply insist you take a drug test because it feels like it, they aren’t your probation officer or something. If there is no policy than the driver has every legal right to refuse to take one without reprocusion.
If there is a drug test policy than the BIU is digging it’s own grave trying to defend this action.
Yes. The policy exists. If a driver gets into an accident where a party is injured, he or she MUST submit to a drug test. The policy does not specify the type of drug test and, clearly, she was already offered the urine test immediately after the accident occurred. She declined and, thus, the efficacy period of a urine test had expired. The hair follicle test is the only one that is now viable. So, really, they are giving her yet ANOTHER chance to clear her name as the first time she declined, straight up insubordination. Breach of contract that SHE signed attributing to the fact that she would uphold the policy in place. She needs to be fired. Immediately and publicly.
So what’s this strike about anyway? She already refused what she agreed/signed to do in her contract.
Take the test or get going girl.
She should be fired.
SCOTT – I didnt miss the point at all.
The point i was trying to make, is that people all over the world strike for many a reason, some valid and some not so.
In this case, the BIU believes it has a valid point, because no such clause exists between the BIU and PTB, to have drivers drug tested via hair sample and no urine test.
If the policy does exist, than the BIU is rowing up a creek without a paddle.
The majority of the drivers do not support the driver in question, and if Mr. Furbert was a real leader, he would have the driver take a urine test and let the drivers get on with it.
true they do go for all sorts of reasons..
from what i’ve heard/read… the policies are in place. Supposedly the policy that after an accident you are immediately tested is in place, and supposedly random testing is in place. Someone mentioned (so hearsay at the moment) that there is no definition for what type of test shall be done…
so according to that, BIU is doin that rowing that you were talking about… will be interesting to see how this end up.. im sure we all have our suspicions though.
A urine test would be useless at this point because it would only indicate whether the driver currently has drugs in her system. By now, the only way to determine whether she had used drugs at the time of the accident would be to conduct a hair follicle test. Which she needs to do- I don’t want to be on the road with a bus driver who is operating his/her vehicle under the influence of drugs!!
man she is in PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION YOU IGNORANT FOOL!
Just heard that many tourists from the cruise ships were stranded in Dockyard for quite a few hours today due to this “urgent meeting”. There were no taxis available, probably they were all in use by the lucky ones who hailed them first. Is this the message we want to get across to the visitors – that we welcome you here but once here you have to walk everywhere? People were picking the tourists up in cars and vans to get them to the beach etc.
This is just plain stupid, any right thinking person wouldn’t do this to the struggling tourism industry … and where is the Minister, where does he stand, where is his statement? I know he is on the island at least a couple of days ago but he is strangely silent on this issue this time around. Bring on the next election, I’ve made my decision, I’m ready to exercise my right!
BIU you guys need to take a break, seriously. All you do is try to get the members to get paid more while doing less. You say management has the right to manage bla bla bla…but as soon as they do you feel that you have a better way of handling it. Who made you guys management professionals? Some of you can’t even spell, or talk proper English. I deal with you on the regular and it’s so hard to do my real job because you guys are calling a meeting every time somebodys feelings get hurt……I’d be insulted if I was part of the membership, because you guys want to know every single thing management does, and we have to waist our time explaining ourselves over and over to a bunch of illiterate industrial rambos. Is it ever ok to discipline someone BIU? People can crash ferries, call in sick and go to another job…..instead of waisting your time on this clown, why not try helping people with no job. Help the former trash truck driver…but no you help these retards who can’t do their job right, but like the parent of a gang member…no member ever does anything wrong in your eyes right? Management is always wrong and we are always trying to trick grown men and women……so you come to their rescue…..bunch of dreamers
See the govt releases a statement saying that the PLP has no policy regarding the drug testing of MP’s….and then our beloved premier goes on to state that the call for MP’s to be drug tested is “politricks” and she sends a message to every govt employee getting high on the job that it’s OK to get high on the job. See how leading by example works Madame Premier?!!! They need to drug test everybody cause the way the country is being run from top to bottom is like everybody is high! Hypocrites.
Not taking the drug test speaks for itsself. End of story!
She takes drug test she will not fail……. She actually passes with flying colors!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you see all that damn WEAVE on her head……. ZBM News don’t lie, they laid the camera on that dead head !!!!!!!!!!! Get a weave test girl.. Holla
I’ve seen this elsewhere too .. Just for clarification , hair follicle testing is NOT done using the hair on one’s scalp ….
wink , wink ..
I thought LaWerne would’ve said something by now. If you can’t say anything pro PLoP then don’t say anything at all! Is that the case LaWerne? Listless! Where you to? LaWerne speak on his behalf! Seems that Listless sent his voice out to look for his peanutz and can’t blah blah blah maybe Maddog and Specialgirl4blanks can enlighten us.
Why the driver hasn’t been fired. According to the papers there is a clear policy that, if a driver is involved in an accident they have to report it and they have to take a drug test. This driver did neither. In any private company they’d have been immediately dismissed with cause. No appeal.
CHRIS FURBERT DEFENDING CRACKHEADS THAT DRIVE OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
& how about crackheads governing bermuda
Come on Minister Lister. Let’s get ‘er dun.
Dropped the ball the last time when you let “Cox in the wheel” force your hand into giving that last wack job his job back after fraud (forgery and lying about being sick): twice. You’ve GOT to be better than this. You were vying for her seat in the first place. Show Cox how it’s done. We the people, do not want to put up with this any longer. If ace girl can’t follow the rules, the job needs to be lost. Apparently this woman doesn’t want her job. There are many of us out there (working 3 part time jobs currently) who would love to drive for you. Take this island back. It starts with you. And tell the Premier to keep her nose out of it. She’s done us no favours.
and the clog remains silent
If you are not guilty lady bus driver, then take the test… what is the problem. How can one person cause so much nonsense…… BIU has it’s priorities wrong and is leading it’s membership astray. Madame Premier, Min. Lister and PTB management, DO NOT give in to this madness..! Bermuda will be proud.
& if the plp government are doing illegal drugs then why don’t the allow their selves to be drug tested
As I always said, if you don’t have anything to hide….she should just get tested by whatever means, be it urine or hair follicle – her actions are telling me she does have something to hide – and don’t talk about policy, don’t use that to hide behind. If I had nothing to hide, I would have said go ahead right there right then. I’m sick and tired of the BIU – they are not standing up for the people as they think they are – they are only encouraging this type of behaviour – again, if you don’t have anything to hide…. ??
Thank you to Bus Driva!
@dee, you should tell that to the plp government as well — if you don’t have anything to hide….you should just get tested by whatever means, be it urine or hair follicle
Easy, just pick a day test the whole lot , Then we’ll see who’s ready to support the BIU then.
The Minister of Transport needs to address the Hiring Practices of the DPT, There is practically no application screening, and very poor or even no background checks, walk the walk! talk the talk! and your in. DPT, YOU GET WHAT YOU HIRED!
whats there to hide from if you are clean?
um…one more question – if this woman is being referred to as our “sista” (and I quote) then where are the mummy and daddy? get the oleander switch out.