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P&O Ferries’ rivals to meet Government officials after staff sackings

DFDS and Stena Lines will hold talks with the Department for Transport

Wales Online

Grant Shapps preparing to ban P&O from using UK routes unless workers paid minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has written the head of P&O Ferries to shame the boss into reversing the firm's bombshell decision about workers and to urge him to reverse cuts and pay staff minimum wage

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries’ rivals set to meet with officials after mass sacking of staff

DFDS and Stena Lines have been invited to meet with Department for Transport officials on Monday.

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Grant Shapps urges P&O Ferries to U-turn on sacking of 800 workers

The transport secretary is expected to close loopholes to ensure ferry companies pay the UK minimum wage

The Guardian - UK

RMT Union to protest outside Glasgow recruitment office linked to P&O job cuts

Union's general secretary Mick Lynch said the demonstration will take place at the offices of Clyde Marine Recruitment on Govan Road amid a number of protests across the UK

Glasgow Live

Sacked P&O crews to mount Glasgow protest against mass sackings by ferry company

The RMT union is organising a protest outside the offices of a recruitment company said to be involved in hiring replacement crews.

Daily Record

P&O predicted £309m cost to consult with staff ahead of surprise sackings

A source for the ferry company said months of consultations would have undermined the business.

The Independent UK

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RMT union to protest outside recruitment office linked to P&O job cuts

A demonstration will take place on Monday outside Clyde Marine Recruitment in Glasgow.

The Independent UK

No sea experience needed, says P&O agency ad for crews

Stewards sought on Facebook to replace crew members sacked without notice

The Guardian - UK

More jobs at risk after P&O sackings as second ferry firm warns of 'race to the bottom'

DFDS demands ‘level playing field’ over seafarers’ pay in the wake of the sacking off 800 British employees

Wales Online

Fears more ferry operators could follow P&O sackings

Growing concerns for job security in the ferry sector following sacking of 800 workers by P&O

Liverpool Echo

'A society driven by greed cares little about the poor - they will never play fair'

The worst bit about the cost of living crisis – and I know this is playing the man, not the ball – is that this terrible economic shock is delivered by a millionaire who will never, ever, have to worry about money

Daily Mirror

P&O scandal sparks 'race to the bottom' as rivals demand 'level playing field' over pay

Danish ferry firm DFDS has demanded a ‘level playing field’ over seafarers’ pay with Unions fearing more British jobs may be lost if the P&O sacking is not overturned

Daily Mirror

RMT union plans Cairnryan port blockade to protest over P&O sackings

Gordon Martin said the union would hold a demonstration at the port.

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Daily Record

P&O ferry departs Scots port for first time since nearly 800 staff sacked by firm

Locals in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway, told the Record that the European Highlander belonging to the scandal-hit companyleft the port at 3pm today.

The Independent UK

Protests at UK ports as calls grow for P&O Ferries boss to quit over mass sackings

Hundreds shouted ‘P&O shame on you’ in demonstrations over sacking 800 staff

Liverpool Echo

P&O worker speaks out after losing job, 'family' and belongings in mass sacking

Danny McQuaid lost his job of eight years in a zoom call

The Independent UK

Rallies held to support ferry workers sacked by P&O

Crowds walked with banners and placards, chanting “P&O, shame on you” at demonstrations on Saturday.

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The Guardian - UK

Protests at UK ports as calls grow for P&O Ferries boss to quit

Marches in Liverpool, Dover and Hull come after sacking of 800 staff and as ship is detained for being ‘unfit to sail’

The Independent UK

Protests over sacking of hundreds of P&O workers as calls grow for boss to quit

A ship operated by the ferry firm has been detained after failures on crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and crew training were found.

Wales Online

P&O ship detained at port in Northern Ireland after being deemed ‘unfit to sail’

I will not compromise the safety of these vessels and P&O will not be able to rush inexperienced crew through training, says transport secretary

Chronicle Live

P&O ferry detained over crew training issues days after 800 UK crew sacked

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has said the European Causeway was held "due to failures on crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and crew training"

Reuters

British maritime agency detains P&O ferry unready to sail

Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) on Friday detained a ferry operated by P&O in Northern Ireland because it was not ready to sail, the agency and P&O said.

Daily Mirror

'Boris Johnson's P&O hypocrisy as PM demands ferry boss quit for breaking the law'

When Boris Johnson rightly demands P&O Ferries boss Peter Hebblethwaite quit for breaking the law then the Prime Minister is duty bound to resign himself for breaking Covid lockdown laws

The Guardian - UK

P&O ferry detained over crew training concerns, says coastguard agency

Transport secretary Grant Shapps says ship was detained in Northern Ireland for being ‘unfit to sail’

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