SIPTU has called on the board of management of the Roscommon Leisure Centre to respond to a request for its representatives to attend a meeting of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to discuss a dispute concerning workers’ wages.

SIPTU Organiser, Sandra Flanagan, said: “In July, the Commission contacted Roscommon Leisure Centre inviting it to attend a hearing to discuss why workers have not been paid their increments and their claim for a pay rise.

“However, the leisure centre’s board of management has failed to respond to this request. This is unacceptable, particularly because the leisure centre is funded by Roscommon County Council, which also has a responsibility to ensure there is engagement with the LRC on this matter.”

She added: “Our members have not received a pay rise or the pay increments owed to them since 2009. Many are on very low wages. Some of the part-time workers receive only just above the minimum wage.”