Sub-contractor pledges to pay striking workers
However, Danny Hogan, of Cork-based TJM, said he was prepared to pay his workers out of his own pocket and had arranged to borrow E50,000 from a bank to do so. Five blocklayers, members of the Building and Allied Trades’ Union (BATT), started their protest at the E27m Parklands development in the centre of Tralee on Wednesday, claiming they had not been paid since before Christmas. The group of workers includes 14 Poles, most of whom have returned to Cork.
TJM is a sub-contractor for the main developer on the site, Pierce Construction. Mr Hogan yesterday acknowledged the men were due a number of weeks’ wages and said he was going to give them cheques. “I’ve no more money and I’ve told them that, but I have arranged to borrow from the bank to pay them.”
