Boris Johnson has said P&O Ferries will be pursued through the courts for sacking 800 crew on the spot last Thursday in a move that could see the company liable for millions in compensation.
Confronted with the Tory government’s refusal to abolish the fire and rehire policy that saw the company replace UK staff with cheaper foreign crews, the Prime Minister promised action.
At Prime Minister’s Questions Johnson said, “it seems to me that the company has broken the law” and that he would make sure crews working in UK waters are paid UK wages.
