because of his political affiliation.

Mr. Ottiwell Simmons MP, who is president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, read aloud in the House of Assembly a letter to the BIU from Mr. George Scott.

Mr. Scott, who was a Progressive Labour Party candidate in Warwick West in the October 5 general election, said in the letter that his dispute with Marriott's Castle Harbour Resort "has always been political''.

Last week, Mr. Alex Scott MP charged that a woman lost her job at another business after expressing displeasure over the outcome of the recent election.

In the letter to BIU General Secretary Ms Molly Burgess that Mr. Simmons read, Mr. George Scott said he recently decided to accept his redundancy from the hotel. His dispute was a year old, and there was no progress in getting a meeting with management.

Two workers were hired to replace him, effective on October 6, "the day after the general election in which I ran'', he said.

Mr. Simmons said political discrimination violated the Human Rights Act, and "Mr. Scott at this point feels that he has been discriminated against because of his political opinion''.

He called on Human Affairs Minister the Hon. Jerome Dill to investigate the matter.

Outside the House, Labour and Home Affairs Minister the Hon. Irving Pearman said Mr. Scott's complaint had been before his Ministry for some time and he would not comment publicly on it. "It's a matter under investigation,'' he said.

Mr. Dill said the matter had not been put before the Human Rights Commission.

Mr. Scott should complain there directly, he said.

Mr. Roger Borsink, general manager for the Castle Harbour, said Mr. Scott's assistant bell captain position was made redundant "well over a year ago'', due to the downturn in tourism.

"We have made a number of redundancies in a number of areas,'' Mr. Borsink said.

"To be quite honest, I didn't even know what Mr. Scott's political affiliation was,'' he said. "I'm not Bermudian, and I certainly don't get involved in Bermudian politics.'' Mr. Scott said yesterday he believed his redundancy last December was related to his "whistle blowing'' a month earlier about Germans employed at the hotel. He felt the Labour Ministry was dragging its feet in dealing with his grievance.

He said he wanted "a fair hearing'' and wanted the matter put before Mr.

Dill.

Mr. Scott said he applied for positions advertised at the hotel and had no success. On October 6, the Castle Harbour hired a bellman and a doorman to replace him, he said.

Mr. Borsink could not be reached a second time yesterday to respond to the charge about "whistle blowing'' and the allegation that Mr. Scott had been replaced.