Sacked P&O workers have spoken of their devastation after they unexpectedly lost their jobs on Thursday, warning that the redundancies will wreak major damage on a local community in which many people’s livelihoods depend on the shipping company.
Employees were angry that P&O had delivered the message in an online meeting, and dismayed that handcuff-trained security guards were employed to take crew members off ships. They said they had watched former colleagues, who had woken up this morning expecting to complete a normal shift, carry their bags off ships in floods of tears.
