Ferry company P&O have admitted their redundancy announcement “caused distress” for workers and their families.
But the firm claims the changes they are making only “bring us into line with standard industry practice”. They also say “none of our people wore balaclavas”. Reports from Thursday had suggested some of the private security personnel at Larne Harbour had worn balaclavas, but not P&O staff.
The sacking of 800 staff who it is reported are to be replaced by agency workers has sparked widespread anger. Today, Ulster Unionist MLA Roy Beggs called on P&O’s parent company DP World Limited to reinstate P&O staff “so that the company can recover from the PR disaster”.
