Aren't they one and the same? Union Leader = terrorist = retard?

The employees of B.E.C are to damn greedy!you know how much money some of them make?the average Bahamian doesn't have a job and some of those greedy suckers down there collect a salary and they want overtime,for work they should have been doing in their regular shift,bonus?some people don't even have a job!the chairman needs to fire that union idiot and the rest of those clowns behind him,they cant even keep the lights on,you wonder why our light bill is so high?because the majority of that money goes to pay exorbitant salaries down at B.E.C. T hey have an issue every year I bet you if B.E.C was private half of those clowns would have already been fired.

The union is engaging in nothing other than mischief making.

Don't forget how much money Leslie Miller owes in unpaid electricity bills. He can't accuse the workers of causing BEC's financial problems when he owes so much to BEC.

Its ironic in a way the politicians have created these monsters over the years by using public corps to absorb our prolific baby making .There is no way a country can survive w/ out borrowing to the hilt when 1 in 4 people are on the public purse , The 3 private industry workers can,t supply enough tax revenue to support it . The outcome w/ out a massive cultural shift in our sexual habits is more borrowing to support the public services or lay offs and more crime and poverty .The politicians ,PLP and FNM are not dumb men and they Know this ,there choice is does the whole country suffer or are the productive people w/ 1 and 2 children allowed to enjoy a middle class life while the ghettos and crime grow ,a la Jamaica ,Haiti .It really as simple as we make more babies then any reasonable GDP growth can absorb ,we have been delaying the inevitable outcome w/ borrowing and public service jobs .IT REAL IS THAT SIMPLE ..

A N Y O N E who believes that blackout yesterday wasn't the union at work still believes in santa claus. Amazing that no other PLP MP or cabinet minister has stepped up to support Mr. Miller in his efforts to stamp out slackness, if not corruption at BEC. Simple things like turning off lights and air conditioners when leaving work can help cut governments expenses. But government workers have not felt the brunt of the recession that the rest of the Bahamas felt for 5 years. Many had their paychecks on time and secure. NOW TO FIND OUT SOME MAY HAVE BEEN DOUBLE DIPPING!

The power the union has did not develop overnight. In the days of milk and honey, government after government conceded to their demands and now they have a stranglehold on a failing corporation and the country. BEC's inefficiency over the years has cost the country untold billions of dollars. Not just in its obvious wastage but i terms of every tv, and fridge the every man has had to replace because of brownout, and constant power disruptions. The union cannot seem to balance immediate self interest with long term benefits for the country and in terms of their job future- themselves. Unfortunately Miller simply does not have the moral authority or the ethical skills to shift things (quite frankly some of his tactics have been appalling)- But while he and the union squabble in public, the silent government should sell BEC from under them.

You are spot on! Unions in this country have become labour Cartels and impediments to a properly functioning labour market. Sadly it is these very same politicians who have used these unions and their leaders for their selfish political gains and now the entire country is paying the price. Having examined BEC's financials, the issues at BEC run much deeper than a labour or culture issue which Miller has been focused on. They have an inefficient, old, costly and technologically challenged generation plant, an ineffective distribution network, too much debt with no financial flexibility to finance the capital expenditure necessary and very very poor operational, executive and Board management and leadership. Although the three million dollars at issue in this case sounds like a lot in absolute terms and certainly creates good press for Miller, compared to the real costs drivers facing BEC this amount is virtually immaterial. Further, it would seem to me that this is an NIB issue and not a BEC issue.

PGC's initial appointment and continued support of Miller is nothing but sad commentary on our times. The rift today between the PLP and the unions falls squarely on the shoulders of Mr. Vomit himself!

The ironic bit is that Miller's financial advisor for his own businesses was arrested for fraud and lost his banking job because of it.

There are no heroes here on either side. As someone pointed out earlier, Mr Miller needs to pay his bill (if not done so already); these unions need to start acting ETHICALLY **and** within the law, holding the country hostage for your own selfish needs is **not** ok; someone needs to rein in the slackness at these govt run corporations or the govt needs to get out the business of running corporations.

Can anyone prove Miller has not paid his bills.

Despite Mr. Miller's ethics and non-payment of electricity bills, he is the only politician that I can think of that actually is trying to do something with BEC in terms of getting costs under control. You can't blame him for what previous politicians stupidly agreed to with the union. Unions exist for the betterment of their members, not the company they work for.

The only solution to this big problem is to privatize BEC and abolish the union. Then the workers will actually have to work for a living and will have limited benefits like other companies in the private sector!!!

Keep up the good work, Mr. Miller!!!

I like what Mr Miller is trying to accomplish as well, at the same time, I don't think the way he is going about it is the best way **BUT** I do not know if any other way would work given the nonsensical responses from Mr Greene. What must he be advising his members to do behind closed doors if he is making these ignorant and ethically challenged statements to the press?

Can you believe this guy? How is it a "benefit" of BEC union members to claim sickness benefit AND collect full salary? I agree with Miller 100%. These unions are terrorists in truth and Mr. Green will not stop until he has sucked every penny out of BEC!