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GAMA update
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Tuesday May 24, 2005 18:08 by Turkish Workers’ Action Group
Striking workers unanimously reject proposal that many workers be dispersed to Galway and Clare due to heavy intimidation that would ensue; At a meeting in Liberty Hall today striking GAMA workers unanimously rejected the proposal of the company that some of the workers on strike should disperse to sites in Galway and Ennis in order to get back to work. At a meeting in Liberty Hall today striking GAMA workers unanimously rejected the proposal of the company that some of the workers on strike should disperse to sites in Galway and Ennis in order to get back to work. The fact is that workers who originally came from those sites experienced heavy intimidation until they left to join colleagues in the Balgaddy and Ballymun sites in Dublin. GAMA’s strategy is to disperse the workers who have highlighted the huge exploitation they suffered as widely as possible and into conditions where even their safety could be threatened and they would be left with no option but to return to Turkey. |
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The Labour Court has decided to mount an investigation into the weeks-old dispute at the Turkish construction firm Gama.
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Last night, they unanimously rejected a Labour Relations Commission proposal that they resume work in return for a promise that management would explain why they were systematically underpaid.
The Labour Court subsequently invited both sides to talks this afternoon with a view to establishing a formal investigation into the treatment of Gama workers as soon as possible.
Striking Gama construction workers have voted in favour of settlement terms recommended by the Labour Court this afternoon.
The Labour Court recommended that the workers should receive €8,000 per year of service in respect of alleged underpayments of overtime.
In a three-page recommendation issued this afternoon, the Labour Court said that the payments would be in full and final discharge of the workers' claims for overtime.
No worker would receive less than €2,000 and the court has also awarded each worker an ex gratia payment of one month's salary on completion of their contracts here in Ireland.
For the average worker with 17 months' service, the award would amount to more than €13,000.
The deal applies to approximately 80 Turkish workers who have been on strike at Gama Construction Ireland for the last seven weeks.
The Labour Court also recommended that in future Gama should comply with legislative requirements regarding pay slips, time recording and rates of pay.
SIPTU said the deal represented a pragmatic solution for the workers to bring an end to their fight for justice.
Gama management has said it is seriously considering the recommendations. It said it will seek clarification on the recommendations and will then revert to the Court and the unions.