Off-island for about a week…

This is just a quick announcement that I’ll be off island for about a week. Not sure what the computer access is going to be like where I”m going, so I’m not going to make any promises about new posts. Most likely when I do have access I’ll be contributing to ongoing threads.
In [...]

Read Full Post »

1000hrs. Labour on the March.

No time to write now. We heading out. Use this thread to discuss the march. I ask all workers, union or other, to join us.

Read Full Post »

Response to Sister LaVerne – Three

“That you explain to your readers why it is that the “industrial” employees of the Bermuda Museum Aquarium & Zoo (BAMZ) only became unionised within the last 12 months, in spite of the fact that the BAMZ is a department within the Ministry of the Ministry of the Environment. You can also explain to your [...]

Read Full Post »

Response to Sister LaVerne Furbert – Two

“That you make yourself familiar with Bermuda’s labour laws, in particular with arbitrated awards.”
I find it rather suprising that the Labour Government would be leaning so heavily on some legislation passed by the conservative UBP. As far as I have read, this particular legislation has not been updated by the PLP. While the [...]

Read Full Post »

Response to Sister LaVerne Furbert – One

“That you should re-assess why you chose to become a member of the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party.”
Initial thoughts
My initial thoughts on reading this comment was that it was a not so veiled threat. Within the Party Constitution there is set out scope for discipline, from censure to expulsion. It may suprise some outside [...]

Read Full Post »

Response to Sister LaVerne Furbert – Intro

Sister LaVerne Furbert, who is well known within Bermudian political discourse, left a comment on this site yesterday. Due to the nature of her comments, I have decided that they warrant a formal response from me on this site.
Before I get into the formal response I just wanted to say that I fully appreciate [...]

Read Full Post »

Playing With Fire

I woke up this morning to a cryptic radio broadcast concerning the Minister of Labour’s comments as regards the arbitration rulings for both the BPA and the BPSU. I am not sure how to interpret his comments, but the sentiment I got, and I’m sure many other workers on the island got the same [...]

Read Full Post »

Solidarity with the Bermuda Police Association

As was seen in the paper today (Tuesday, June 29th) the de facto police union, the Bermuda Police Association called an emergency meeting for its members at 1600hrs. As will be seen in the media tomorrow, the result of this meeting is that the BPA has decided to take what industrial action that it [...]

Read Full Post »

Bermuda Beats Trinidad & Tobago 2-1

Okay, sure, this post is a bit out of place compared to the purposes of this site to foster revolutionary consciousness and advance the liberation struggle. And sure, there are some very real inherent dangers to nationalism, such as jingoism and xenophobia.
But you know what?
We beat T&T 2-1!!!
Just wanted to give a quick word [...]

Read Full Post »

Krystl’s Letter

I came across this Letter to the Editor and thought that it deserves further promotion. It is written by a young woman who I have been fortunate enough to meet on several occassions, and she is quite frankly an amazingly talented young lady. In this letter she has echoed some of the sentiments [...]

Read Full Post »