Premier & Ministers Meet With ESTU Executive

Premier and Minister of Finance, the Hon. David Burt, JP, MP, the Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs, the Hon. Walter Roban, JP, MP, and the Minister of Home Affairs, the Hon. Walton Brown, JP, MP today met with the Executive of the Electricity Supply Trade Union in the wake of the departure of four senior Bermudian executives from BELCO.

The Premier said, “It was important to meet directly with the workers’ representatives who are justifiably concerned at a pattern of action by the CEO and the Board which is simply not in keeping with the community responsibility we expect from the company. The membership’s reaction to this growing and seemingly deliberate culture of uncertainty that has only affected Bermudians is not something this Government will ignore.

“The management and Board of Ascendant have a responsibility to their shareholders first; but my responsibility and the responsibility of the Government is to the people. As the Union and its members work through these issues, the Government is committed to supporting fair business practices that meet the highest standard of corporate community responsibility. Even a monopoly must act right.”