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Anger as parent firm of P&O Ferries handed £550m of UK aid cash despite mass sackings

MPs attack ‘inappropriate’ use of cash given to ‘disreputable employer’ – but aid chiefs refuse to back down

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2022

P&O Ferries has ‘got away with it’, say unions as Shapps backtracks on action

Two-week battle to hold company to account for sacking of 786 crew members appears to end with a whimper

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022

Campaigners to protest in Newcastle over cost of living crisis and the 'shocking' sacking of 800 P&O workers

Protestors will meet at 11.30am at Newcastle's Civic Centre before a rally is held at Grey's Monument at 12.00pm on Saturday

Chronicle Live · Mar 31, 2022

We need laws to protect workers as P&O scandal a damning indictment of Tory rule

Record View says the implications of P&O’s shameful treatment of their workers are wider than the shattered reputation of one company.

Daily Record · Mar 31, 2022

'Shameful' P&O Ferries in fire and rehire row as Glasgow firm defends role

Clyde Marine Recruitment (CMR) confirmed some of the P&O workers who were brutally axed will return on an agency basis.

Daily Record · Mar 31, 2022

Grant Shapps unveils plans to make P&O Ferries 'fundamentally rethink' sackings

These include plans to create "minimum wage corridors" on ferry routes between the UK and other countries.

Daily Record · Mar 30, 2022

Grant Shapps’ response to P&O Ferries won’t get its sacked workers their jobs back

New powers will block ferries that pay crews below minimum wage from UK ports, which P&O will probably find acceptable

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022

Waiving the right to decent pay at sea

Brief letters: Poor deal for ferry workers | Women on the plough | Signing off as Mum | Partygate fines

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2022

P&O Ferries: What will pay raise for UK crew mean for future sailings?

Most ferry firms have welcomed the measures

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

P&O Ferries: Ports to be handed powers to stop boats docking that don't pay crew minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it was a warning to P&O Ferries, after the firm's no-notice sackings of 800 staff, that "the game is up" - but unions are unimpressed

Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2022