BIU To Host Labour Day Banquet On August 29
The Bermuda Industrial Union will be hosting the 33rd Annual Labour Day Banquet at the Fairmont Southampton on Friday, August 29th, with cocktails starting 6:45pm, and dinner at 7:45pm.
A spokesperson said, “BIU is honoured to have as our guest speaker, former Premier, Dr. Ewart F, Brown [pictured]. Dr. Brown joins an illustrious list of local and overseas speakers who have addressed our members and guests at our annual banquet. Our first speaker in 1983, was Andrew Young, Mayor of Atlanta.
“Others speakers included the late AME Bishop Vinton Anderson, Brother Gerald Brangman, one of the founders of the Bermuda Workers Association, New York City Councilwoman, Diane Foster, and Founder of Hope4Life, David Bascome. Last year our guest speaker was Rev. Nicholas Tweed.
“Dr. Brown attended Howard University in Washington, D.C and the University of California in Los Angeles. He was first elected to Parliament in 1993. He was appointed as the Minister of Transport following the PLP’s election victory in 1998. Dr. Brown was elected as leader of the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party on October 26, 2006 and hence became Premier of Bermuda.
“In October 2010, Dr. Brown kept a promise he had made to the Bermudian people four years earlier and stepped away from politics. He has received many awards in recognition of his service to the community, both locally and internationally.
“In 1993, he opened Bermuda HealthCare Services. In 2008, Dr. Brown and his wife, Wanda Henton-Brown, opened the Brown-Darrell Clinic in memory of his parents.”
“Tickets for the Labour Day Banquet are available at $100.00. Persons interested in purchasing tickets for the banquet should contact Sister LaVerne Furbert at 292-0044 or by e-mail at lfurbert@biu.bm.
“On Monday, September 1, 2014, the Joint Labour Day Committee has planned a Labour Day march through the City of Hamilton beginning at Union Square at 11:30 a.m.”
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I find it interesting that the biu is ” honored ” to have as guest speaker Ewart brown??? Isn’t he the same person that fired two of his staff because they wanted to become unionized???? I guess the pool of guess speakers locally is getting a lot smaller for the biu????
Yes sir’s Kangoocar, that’ll be the one and only Former Premier Dr. Ewart Brown. He that sneaks people into Bermuda from Cuba under secretcy
To add insult to injury, them same 4 have now married and have children.Oh by the way; they had a job (thanks to Dr. Ewart Brown and associates) damn near right away, and a roof over their heads. Yet today we still see the same people that were homeless back then no better off and still homeless! Sure you’re right, I’ll pay $100:00 to hear more of this mans crap…
and how many of the marchers on the 1st September can pink up the cost of a $100 ticket for a banquet???
Is this the same Dr Brown that has been erased from the history of the PLP?
$100 a ticket,guess someone got to pay for the fancy suits.
They definitely picked the right “speaker”…. As he fits-in very nicely with their Union philosophy!!!