Contractor denies workers’ claims over low pay rates

THE main contractor at a €5.5 million building project at Ennis Hospital has rejected claims some of the construction workers on site are being paid below minimum industry rates.

Contractor denies workers’ claims over low pay rates

A number of plasterers staged an unofficial industrial action outside Ennis General Hospital, claiming it was an “information protest”. The protesters carried placards with slogans alleging proper rates of pay were not being paid to plasterers on site.

Tony Kenneally, from the Clare branch of the plasterers’ union, called for an investigation “by the relevant authorities” into the workers’ claims.

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