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Chairman of the Parliamentary Reform Commission, Sir Richard Cheltenham, has given the assurance that “every viewpoint and school of thought will be conside ...

Members of the Deaf community of Barbados are now better equipped to prepare themselves in the event of a natural disaster. Participants attended a workshop on…

This late opening is to facilitate a general staff meeting at the Barbados Workers Union, Harmony Hall, St. Michael during the morning. Customers are asked to…

Today I received the sad news of the passing of LeVere Richards, a stalwart of the labour movement in Barbados, a respected leader of the Barbados Workers Union…

Minister of Labour Colin Jordan, paid tribute to labour stalwart LeVere Richards, who passed away on Tuesday. Jordan, who like Richards is a son of St Peter, said those in the Ashton Hall and Mile And A Quarter know him as LeVere, “the down to earth fellow”, even as he was championing the rights of workers at the national level. Retired BWU stalwart passes at 82 The full statement follows: …

We could not be where we are today without you, Prime Minister Mia Mottley told workers in her May Day address on Sunday. But moving forward, if Barbados wants to meet its target of becoming a world class nation by 2030, there has to be a renewed commitment by workers, to be better, faster and innovative. “The truth is, we have done so much, but I will tell you, there …

SSA workers ‘restless’ Article by December 12, 2020 Within a day of the end of an industrial relation dispute that threatened a national strike another row was brewing Friday among “restless” Sanitation Service Authority workers. Just Thursday night, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced the end of a standoff between the security firm G4S and the workers represented by the Barbados Workers Union. Now the SSA workers’ representative, the National Union of Public Work...