fragile tourism industry, Government MPs warned yesterday.

Parliamentarians of all three parties appealed for a swift resolution to the pending industrial action unionised dock workers and airport cargo employees plan to take on Tuesday in support of 15 fired Bermuda Forwarders truckers.

On June 1, the Bermuda Industrial Union issued a 21-day notice that dock workers and Aircraft Service Bermuda/Bermuda Aviation Services employees would not handle any cargo that is believed to be associated with the trucking firm unless the men, who walked out in sympathy of sacked chief shop steward Mr.

Lynn Darrell, are reinstated.

But during the House of Assembly session yesterday Tourism Minister the Hon.

C.V. (Jim) Mr. Woolridge said: "I appeal that they find another way apart from crippling the industry in which we are struggling for survival.'' Mr. Woolridge, who noted that some businesses have not recovered from the 1981 industrial strike, said: "I trust that he (BIU president Mr. Ottiwell Simmons) and our Labour Minister are able to work out the difficulties they have before next week.

"One hotel assured us that it will not be booking any groups to Bermuda with the threat of industrial action hanging over our heads.'' Independent MP Mr. Harry Viera said: "We cannot afford to live with this industrial warfare.'' Mr. Viera, who accused Mr. Simmons of not having "troops'' in the hotel industry and therefore depending on unionised workers in the transportation system "who will come out at the drop of a hat'', said: "I appeal to him to change his position.

"Are we going to risk industrial action over what is a very insignificant situation.

"How many times can we keep flirting with our main industry.'' St. George's South MP Mrs. Grace Bell urged all workers to "think deeply about what this will do'' to Bermuda.

"It does not bode well for this country even if there is the threat of strike,'' she said, adding that she had been informed that there was one group of unionised workers who voted not to take industrial action on Tuesday.

"I wish they would indicate that to their union leaders,'' she said. Neither Labour Minister the Hon. Irving Pearman nor BIU president Mr. Ottiwell Simmons MP commented on the issue.

Former Labour Minister the Hon. Sir John Sharpe, however, said Government had done everything possible to dissolve the matter.

He said the matter was resolved until the men "for one reason or another'' were persuaded to walk off the job a second time.

He said a lack of responsibility by the BIU caused an agreement between both parties, and arbitrated by Government Labour Relations Officer Mr. Gladstone (Tab) Bassett, to break down.

"And therefore,'' he said, "the men are out of work.'' Shadow Tourism Minister Mr. David Allen said while "no one wants to see anything disrupt the diminished course of our tourist industry this summer'', Government has not used "every effort of persuasion at its disposal''.

"When Government want to use their influence, they have mysterious ways of doing that,'' Mr. Allen said. "There is an element here of fiddling with Rome while it burns.''