Labour Court to probe Gama’s treatment of Turkish staff

The Labour Court has decided to mount an investigation into the weeks-old dispute at the Turkish construction firm Gama.

The company's Turkish workers, around 300 of whom have been on strike for several weeks, have accused it of paying them as little as €2-an-hour for working up to 80 hours-a-week.

Last night, they unanimously rejected a Labour Relations Commission proposal that they resume work in return for a promise that management would explain why they were systematically underpaid.

The Labour Court subsequently invited both sides to talks this afternoon with a view to establishing a formal investigation into the treatment of Gama workers as soon as possible.