Dockyard continued yesterday, however, Works and Engineering Minister the Hon.

Clarence Terceira said there have been no delays in the project so far. He said the project, expected to be finished by the end of 1993, is on target with 50 percent of it completed.

"There have been no delays despite the picketing and overtime ban, but hopefully these matters will be resolved soon before they do cause delays,'' Dr. Terceira said.

Unionised Sea-Land workers began picketing this week to protest what they believe are union-busting tactics by their employer and the refusal of non-unionised sub-contractors to comply with an overtime ban.

The overtime ban was started because of local construction companies' refusal so far to give them a wage hike this year.

Labour Minister the Hon. Irving Pearman said yesterday he has not been asked by the BIU or Sea-Land to intervene and would not until representation is made.

And BIU president Mr. Ottiwell Simmons MP said last night a meeting is being held tomorrow between Sea-Land workers and contractors involved in the project in an effort to come to an agreement on the overtime ban.

"The workers want Sea-Land to stop urging them to end the overtime ban and get on with reaching a new collective bargaining agreement. They also want sub-contractors to cooperate with the overtime ban.'' Chief negotiator for the Bermuda Industrial Union construction division Mr.

Kenyatta Young threatened "further action'' will be taken if the worker's concerns are not addressed soon.

Their claims of union-busting tactics by Sea-Land stem from a series of layoffs over the past year of unionised Sea-Land employees working on the new prison.

Nearly a third of the 150 unionised Sea-Land employees who began the project some ten months ago have been laid off and replaced with non-unionised sub-contractors, claimed Mr. Young.

He added the sub-contractors were being paid the same, if not more, than unionised workers.

"It does not make sense,'' he said. "They certainly are not hiring the sub-contractors to cut costs -- some foremen are getting paid as much $1,035 a week which is more than the unionised workers are getting.'' Sea-Land president Mr. Andrew Cooper has refused to comment on the situation.