Govt urged to help Gama workers

Unions authority ICTU today called on the Government to come to the aid of 350 Gama workers who claim they have been denied pay, food and accommodation by their bosses.

David Begg, general secretary of ICTU, which represents 50 unions in the Republic, formally asked Employment Minister Micheal Martin to provide the Turkish men with “emergency social welfare payments and accommodation” until the situation has been resolved.