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New P&O ship crews will be paid below minimum wage, union claims

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union said it had discovered another "shocking twist" to the scandal because replacement crews on P&O ships will be on "poverty pay".

Daily Record · Mar 20, 2022

Staff replacing sacked P&O Ferries workers face ‘poverty pay’, union claims

The RMT said Filipino ratings now crewing the Liverpool-Dublin route are being paid below the minimum wage.

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2022

Sacking your staff by video is a return to an age when workers were treated with casual disdain

The P&O sackings is where you end up when business and government undermine basic protections and lose touch with common decency

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2022

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The Observer view on P&O deserving to face justice for sacking its staff

The government owes it to the 800 workers who were summarily dismissed to do more than wring its hands

The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2022

UK Government ministers 'knew of P&O Ferries' plans to slash jobs'

The Sunday Times newspaper said it received a leaked memo written by a Whitehall official

Wales Online · Mar 20, 2022

Ministers ‘told in advance about P&O mass sackings’

Government accused by Labour of complicity in ferry company’s shock decision to cut 800 UK-based jobs

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2022

Ministers ‘knew of P&O Ferries’ plans to slash jobs’

The Sunday Times newspaper said it received a leaked memo written by a Whitehall official.

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

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'Hopes for a changed post-pandemic world have been dashed by the likes of P&O'

Keir Muddie says that P&O's move to sack 800 people without warning should be made illegal to stop similar situations developing in the future and ensure that workers are treated properly

Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2022

P&O's millionaire chief slammed over 'only the fittest survive' jibe after 1,100 sacked

P&O chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite told Cruise & Ferry magazine that 'only the fittest survive and we had to get fitter' after axing an initial 1,100 jobs in response to Covid last May

Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2022

Government urged to revoke licences of P&O Ferries after ‘deplorable betrayal’ of seafarers

P&O resumed services between Liverpool and Dublin just days after 800 workers were sacked by Zoom

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

P&O resumes ferries from Liverpool after sacking 800 staff

It comes just days after the company terminated the contracts of all of their workers in a video message

Liverpool Echo · Mar 19, 2022

All the villains of P&O scandal - from Zoom sacking to mystery balaclavas

The ferry operator insisted the decision to cut jobs was 'very difficult but necessary' as it was 'not a viable business' before sacking 800 staff.

Daily Record · Mar 19, 2022

Revoke licences of P&O Ferries, union urges Shapps

Nautilus International’s general secretary Mark Dickinson said the action taken by the firm was “deplorable”.

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

Saturday's headlines: The Queen 'to spend more time in Scotland' and P&O Ferries' staff fury

Here are the main headlines on the Daily Record website today.

Daily Record · Mar 19, 2022

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Wales Online · Mar 19, 2022

New P&O crews drafted in from Eastern Europe are being paid just '£2.60 an hour' to work on 'slave ships'

In a controversial move, the ferry company suddenly axed 800 employees last week and replaced them with agency staff on a tenth of the wage

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2022

P&O resumes Liverpool-Dublin service as government reviews contracts

Tory party co-chair voices ‘revulsion’ at ferry company’s actions after 800 staff replaced with agency workers

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

P&O sackings scuppers charitable Briton’s plan to deliver Ukraine refugee aid

All services have been cancelled “for the next few days”, the company said

Manchester Evening News · Mar 19, 2022

Brits face ‘shortages of fruit, veg, cheese and wine’ after P&O Ferries sackings

P&O Ferries suspended services after 800 seafarers were sacked

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Daily Record · Mar 19, 2022

Sailor tells of secret operation to get him onto "new boat" when it was the same P&O ferry he had recently departed

Crewman says going back up gangway of the ship would be like breaking a picket line as shameful sackings exposed

Edinburgh Live · Mar 19, 2022

Scottish P&O Ferries workers with 30 years service replaced by an 'army of scabs'

The two men explained to the Daily Record that after working on board the ships for 30 years and not taking any days off during the global pandemic, they were unceremoniously dumped onto the scrapheap

Liverpool Echo · Mar 19, 2022

People urged to boycott 'scab' P&O ferry set to sail from Liverpool

Letter from company CEO suggests Liverpool to Dublin route will soon start again

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

‘Revulsion’ over P&O sackings as ministers review contracts with ferry firm

Tory party chairman Oliver Dowden hit out at the ‘sharp practices’ the firm had used in sacking 800 staff.

Wales Online · Mar 19, 2022

UK shoppers 'face shortages of fruit, veg, cheese and wine' if P&O Ferries disruption continues

Shoppers have been told the cutting of services by P&O may lead to shortages of fresh products

Belfast Live · Mar 19, 2022

P&O ferries: Mid and East Antrim council refuses to help with Brexit NI Protocol checks at Belfast Port

Unionist councillors said they rejected providing assistance to show solidarity with P&O workers and oppose the NI Protocol

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

Government should declare if P&O broke the law sacking workers, says Labour

The Opposition asked if there are legal moves ministers could take to reverse the decision to make so many staff redundant without consultation.

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