Commerce. But more measures are needed, it says.

"The legislation is OK as far as it goes,'' Chamber president Mr. Louis Mowbray said yesterday. "It enables the Minister for Labour to take a dispute that's going off the rails and put it on the track. If it is followed, it would avoid the results of what we had last week.

"But there is still a need to look at the whole thing and revamp the whole Labour Relations Act, which is what Government has undertaken to do.'' Mr. Mowbray also said final offer arbitration needed to be introduced. This would mean an arbitrator would have to choose between the last positions of both sides, rather than attempt to "saw things down the middle''.

The Chamber also wanted to see secret workplace ballots on proposed strike action, he added.

Asked about the effects of the recent strike, Mr. Mowbray said severe damage had been avoided because "it ended fairly quickly and there was not a lot of support''.

"But the spectacle of tourists being dumped with heavy baggage and people being deprived of basic services didn't do a lot for the Island. I think it's quite damaging to our reputation.

"I think there was some damage on the public relations front, particularly with visitors, and undoubtedly there are some people who will never come back.'' Relieved employers and Government ministers are confident of a return to normal working this morning, with recent labour troubles put behind them. Mr.

Michael Lohan, managing director of Stevedoring Services, said he was expecting a full workforce to show up this morning at Hamilton docks, ready to handle the container ship Oleander .

"Some of the ships are off schedule but we'll be back on line by the end of the week,'' he said.

Asked about the fate of Mr. Wendell (Woolly) Baxter, the dock worker suspended for three days for refusing to handle Bermuda Forwarders cargo, Mr Lohan said: "If he comes back to work and works as directed then he has complied with all the requirements that were involved in his suspension. That in effect terminates the whole affair.'' Bermuda Aviation Services chief executive officer Mr. Donald Hunter said airport workers were back on the job. "They were due to come back Saturday or their first scheduled work day after that, and so far everyone has returned to work.'' Mr. Anthony Outerbridge and Mr. Brian Talbot, the two workers suspended for three days during the dispute, had more than served their suspensions, he said. Work had gone normally over the weekend.

Bermuda Hotel Association president Mr. David Dodwell said the dispute had clearly caused damage to tourism. "The financial damage has not been costed yet, but what is often more costly is the image that has been damaged. It's just another bad mark against Bermuda when we need to be pulling together.'' He said the BHA would examine the new labour law in detail before commenting.

"Anything that is hastily drafted potentially presents problems,'' he said.

Tourism Minister the Hon. C.V. (Jim) Woolridge said his department will launch an advertising programme later this month to assure visitors from Bermuda's main markerts -- New England, Philadelphia and Atlanta -- that all is well.

Works and Engineering Minister the Hon. Clarence Terceira said he thought garbage collection would be back to normal this morning.