Gama workers call on regulator to revoke licence

PROTESTING Turkish workers at Gama yesterday called for the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) to withdraw the firm’s electricity generation licence until workers are fully paid.

The Turkish Workers Action Group (TWAG) also called on the ESB not to buy any energy from Tynagh Energy, the Gama- controlled firm building a power station in Galway.

Acting on behalf of TWAG, Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins yesterday wrote to the ESB and the CER informing them of several unresolved issues as up to 300 Gama workers protested underpayments.