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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aisha Rimi

P&O using foreign agency workers ‘earning £1.81 an hour’ after 800 UK staff sacked, union claims

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Foreign agency workers hired to replace sacked P&O Ferries crews are being paid jus £1.81 an hour, a union has claimed.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), which represented many of the 800 staff fired without notice last week, alleged their replacements are being paid well below the UK minimum wage of £8.91 per hour.

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