Gama workers refuse to halt protests

HUNDREDS of Gama workers in Dublin yesterday refused to return to work as SIPTU demanded the Government step in to prevent the threatened repatriation of Turkish employees.

The continuing protest follows an initial 400-strong march by Gama workers on Monday and another demonstration on Tuesday in which hundreds of employees from Clare and Dublin gathered at the firm’s largest operation - a power plant in Tynagh, Co Galway.

As it emerged that Gama can send workers home, despite a Government ban on repatriations, SIPTU construction branch secretary Eric Fleming called on Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin to intervene until outstanding issues of concern are addressed.