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Services suspended for days and protests expected against P&O Ferries

Services were suspended and a series of demonstrations were expected to take place against P&O’s “appalling” decision to sack 800 seafarers. Unions and politicians condemned the mass dismissal, blamed by the company on losses of £100 million ...

18 Mar 2022 at 06:55

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P&O Ferries fires 800 seafarers and suspends sailings for several days

P&O Ferries has fired 800 seafarers as it is “not a viable business” in its current state. The firm said it has suspended sailings “for the next few days”. Workers currently onboard ships were instructed by unions not to leave. Coaches ...

17 Mar 2022 at 15:33

Sturgeon condemns P&O’s ‘appalling’ decision to sack 800 staff

Nicola Sturgeon has condemned ferry operator P&O’s decision to sack 800 seafarers and replace them with cheaper agency workers after claiming it is “not a viable business” in its current state. The firm, bought by Dubai-based ...

17 Mar 2022 at 16:55

Prime Minister says it appears P&O ‘broke the law’ over sackings

The Prime Minister said it appears to him that P&O Ferries has “broken the law” over the controversial sacking of 800 workers. He told the Commons that the Government will be “taking action”, and encouraged workers to do the ...

23 Mar 2022 at 13:25

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'Disgraceful' - Stormont minister slams P&O Ferries following sacking of 800 workers

Stormont's econonmy minister has warned the reputation and commercial viability of P&O will take a “massive hit” if the ferry company does not change course after the sacking of 800 workers. Gordon Lyons, whose constituency ...

21 Mar 2022 at 18:33

P&O Ferries chief says no offence committed with shock sacking of staff

P&O Ferries has insisted it did not commit any offence in firing nearly 800 workers without notice, as it announced what it said was believed to be the largest compensation package in the British marine sector. MPs had ...

23 Mar 2022 at 00:55

P&O offers more than £36 million in compensation to sacked staff

P&O Ferries has announced it is offering more than £36 million in compensation to sacked staff, with 40 employees in line for payments of more than £100,000. It comes after nearly 800 workers were fired without notice ...

22 Mar 2022 at 21:25

Labour: Government should publish legal advice on P&O

Labour is urging the Government to publish the legal advice it received on whether P&O broke the law when it sacked 800 workers. The Opposition asked whether there are legal moves ministers could take to reverse the ...

18 Mar 2022 at 23:55

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

P&O Ferries and its parent company DP World should be “in no doubt” that the Government is considering its links with them following the mass sacking of 800 seafarers, Tory chairman Oliver Dowden said. Protesters ...

19 Mar 2022 at 10:55

PM backs calls for ‘brazen’ boss of P&O Ferries to quit

Boris Johnson has backed calls for the boss of P&O Ferries to quit as the Government pledged to change the law to stop other firms who may try to “knowingly breaking the law”. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps ...

25 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Talks between RMT and P&O over sackings end after 20 minutes

Talks between union officials and P&O over the sacking of almost 800 seafarers ended after 20 minutes without any agreement. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said the “obnoxiousness and ...

25 Mar 2022 at 17:25

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

Protests are taking place at UK ports over the sacking of hundreds of seafarers, as calls grow for a P&O Ferries’ boss to quit. The demonstrations come after a ship operated by the ferry firm was ...

26 Mar 2022 at 12:55

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