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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Unions call for P&O Ferries boycott for allegedly paying below minimum wage

The Pride of Kent and The Pride of Canterbury moored at The Port of Dover with an DFDS ferry arriving in the background
P&O is under criminal investigation by the Insolvency Service. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Unions have called for a commercial and consumer boycott of P&O Ferries, which is facing a fresh row over crew pay even as its sailings are set to resume on the Dover-Calais route.

The TUC urged freight firms and holidaymakers not to book on P&O Ferries, which broke the law when it sack nearly 800 crew last month, while the RMT union said it had evidence that agency workers brought in to replace those staff were being paid less than minimum wage.

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