LRC steps in on month-long Gama dispute

THE month-long dispute between multi-national construction firm Gama and hundreds of employees entered a crucial phase yesterday with the intervention of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC).

It is the first time the State's labour relations machinery has become involved in the unprecedented dispute, which began four weeks ago.

While the discovery of accounts in Holland belonging to workers galvanised them into protesting en masse, the current disagreement centres around claims workers were not paid for up to 40 hours in overtime each week going back several years.