Builders claim they have not been paid in 4 weeks

The Department of Education has been asked to beef up its monitoring of compliance with employment law and wage agreements as another school building project faces industrial action.

A group of 18 bricklayers will mount a picket this morning at the site of a new community college in Lucan, Dublin, claiming they have not been paid in over four weeks and were locked out of their jobs after asserting their rights.

The main contractor, JJ Rhatigan & Company, did not respond directly to the claims by the workers’ union, Unite, except to say they are not true.