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Union leaders hold talks with P&O to demand reinstatement of sacked seafarers

Rail, Maritime and Transport union bosses welcomed the public and political support for its campaign after almost 800 workers were sacked.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries - live: Boris Johnson calls for CEO to resign

PM backs Grant Shapps in calling for Peter Hebblethwaite to quit

The Independent UK

Friday briefing: Joe Biden heads to Poland in show of solidarity

US president to visit town near Ukraine border … 1.3 million Britons will fall into absolute poverty next year … and Hollywood meets the pandemic

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Sacked Scots P&O workers' cabins looted after being thrown off vessels

Angry staff hit out after items such as fridges and TVs were “plundered” from their rooms, with blame pointed at low-paid workers brought in to replace them.

Daily Record

A once-respected firm's reputation is utterly sunk

Record View says such brutality, leaving scars that will never heal, showed contempt for a loyal and decent workforce.

Daily Record

'Only dock shameless P&O ferries' leaders should be in is in court as Tories drag feet'

The P&O Ferries chief executive todsy brazenly admitted it deliberately broke the law and displayed no embarrassment at revealing their replacement will be paid less than the minimum wage

Daily Mirror

P&O DID deliberately break law over shameful mass sackings as CEO in shameful admission

P&O boss Peter Hebblethwaite admits the firm deliberately broke the law to sack 800 staff as ferry fatcat says he’d do it again and also admits replacements’ low pay

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Sulky Sunak is as thin-skinned as any other politician with eye on top job

Chancellor is unable to luxuriate in ‘Dishy Rishi’ applause after poorly received spring statement

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries may not regret breaking law, but the UK should regret dealing with its owner

Dubai’s DP World has proved itself an unfit partner for Britain’s freeport programme

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries CEO acknowledges ignoring UK rules in firing 786

The head of a ferry operator at the center of a bitter labor dispute stunned U.K. lawmakers when he acknowledged that the company chose to ignore the law and labor contracts when it fired 786 workers without consulting with them in advance

The Independent UK

The P&O Ferries 'fire and re-hire' scandal, what we know now, and could it happen again?

It's a week since P&O Ferries staff were escorted off vessels by balaclava wearing security guards starting a 'fire and rehire' scandal in the UK

Chronicle Live

P&O Ferries boss asked by Bristol MP if he's 'clueless or a shameless criminal'

P&O CEO Peter Hebblethwaite admitted that the company broke the law in not consulting with trade unions over redundancies

Bristol Post

Law will be changed to ‘undo’ P&O’s mass sacking of its workers, government vows

The law will be changed to “undo” P&O’s mass sacking of its workers, the government is vowing – just hours after a minister warned that would harm the economy.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law as he apologies - but says he would make same decision to sack 800 staff again

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite claimed the sacking of 800 people was necessary or P&O would have been unable to continue operating

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Insider UK

P&O admits breaking the law over sackings

Chief executive is due to be grilled by MSPs next week, after a first round today in Westminster

The Independent UK

P&O boss to appear before Holyrood committee over sacking of workforce

The ferry company’s chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite will appear before the committee on Tuesday.

Daily Record

P&O boss admits company broke law as MPs demand immediate action

MPs investigating the sacking of 800 staff by P&O Ferries were left stunned by an admission by the company boss that they ignored the 'sham' of redundancy consultations demanded by law.

The Independent UK

‘No powers’ to prosecute P&O despite firm admitting it broke law in sacking 800 workers, government concedes

It is up to ‘the individuals concerned’ to take the firm to a tribunal, minister tells MPs

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The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law by sacking staff without consultation

CEO tells MPs P&O aims to halve costs under ‘new model’ using seafarers paid just £5.15 an hour

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law - and claims they warned Tories last YEAR

Chief Executive Peter Hebbelthwaite claimed the firm warned Transport Secretary Grant Shapps last year that P&O would be "needing to make changes to our business this year”

Daily Record

Furious protest at Scottish port over P&O's "illegal" sacking of staff

Sacked workers among protestors at ferry operator's Scottish base. They were replaced by £2 an hour foreign workers, leading to legal action against P&O by unions and UK government

The Independent UK

P&O sackings ‘absolutely outrageous’, union boss tells MPs

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT, said the ferry operator is guilty of ‘flagrant breaches of the law’.

Edinburgh Live

Family's P&O Cruises once-in-a-lifetime holiday in tatters as daughter, 12, refused boarding

The P&O agent said Niamh would not be allowed to travel with the family and the holiday would be cancelled - leaving mum Sharron in floods of tears at the loss of their dream trip.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries - live: CEO says firm broke the law but would ‘make this decision again’

‘I would make this decision again, I’m afraid,’ says Peter Hebblethwaite of mass sackings

The Guardian - UK

Exploiters such as P&O watch out – there’s a new wave of trade unionists coming for you

Trade unions are shackled by restrictive laws, but they can still challenge militant capitalism, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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