Bus & Ferry Services Running Again
[Updated] Bus and ferry service has been suspended this morning [Feb.3] as the operators are attending a BIU meeting.
A Transport Ministry spokesperson said, “No services are running at this time. The bus and ferry operators chose to attend the Union Meeting. The Ministry of Transport did not cancel any of the services, but they are not running.”
BIU President Chris Furbert called an “urgent meeting” for all government workers for 10am today, to discuss a proposal from Government for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The Bermuda Public Services Union [BPSU] also called a membership meeting” for 3.30pm today.
Update 1pm: Bus and ferry service is back to normal.
Why can’t they have a meeting at a time that doesn’t severely interrupt service?
ridiculous. missed my kids cross country while i sat at the bus stop waiting while they consider what exactly? wtf!?
why couldnt they have a representative attend the meeting and take notes?
people do anything not to work!
On the Royal Gazette website it suggests that the Government are going to take a 5% pay cut. I smell an election coming I was wondering why Lady Premier was attending this meeting. Haven’t the people been calling for them to take a pay cut for a few years now people are pi$$ed and they want to pacify them.
I think the rumored 5% pay cut relates to the Civil Servants, not the Government. Though I imagine there’s no way that one will fly unless Parliamentarians take a cut as well.
Hmmmm while it does say that the Premier promised 5% for Minister, I don’t see why she would attend a union meeting to announce it unless she was asking the workers to either 1)similarly take a pay-cut or 2) salary freeze?
Will wait for more information to come out before going too far with the speculation….
Isn’t it time that the BIU should be declared illegal??
I don’t think there is one single group of on this island that has caused more havoc in the past twenty years than this bunch of idiots. They can all kiss my “you know what”.
It is really difficult for me to understand how, after seeing the most recent financial statements of this group, that they still actually have members!
..must really be a bunch of dopes!
The Ministry of Transport said they “will work to ensure there is as little disruption as possible to bus and ferry services tomorrow during the BIU meeting scheduled to take place between 10 am and 12 pm.”
“As little disruption as possible”….TOTAL disruption is what we got.
I spoke to a senior citizen at the bus terminal with no other way to get to her doctor’s appointment.So i drove her there.
What a disgrace and an embarrassment for the country.
@soon_gone – what an honourable thing to do and proof that not all of us have lost our sense of pride or decency
Transport will be stopped from 10am to 12 nonn eh! And don’t forget the hour before so they could take the buses back to the depot and the hour after while they chat outside before going back to work – sigh!
Then there’s the lunch hour. They don’t have no meetins on their lunch hour.
Then they probably missed coffee break, so add on another hour for that!
TBI.
Typical BIU Ignorance.