It's been less than two weeks since P&O Ferries made 800 members of staff redundant with immediate effect via a Zoom call. Seafarers have been replaced with agency workers who are being paid below the UK's minimum wage, the company's CEO Peter Hebblethwaite said last week.
He was urged to quit by MPs, after the firm admitted breaking employment law when it sacked the 800 workers without notice. Mr Hebblethwaite acknowledged there is “absolutely no doubt” the ferry operator was required to consult with trade unions prior to dismissing the workers.
On Saturday, P&O's Pride of Rotterdam embarked on its first trip from Hull since the sackings. Hull's Local Democracy Reporter Joe Gerrard ventured to the Netherlands aboard a P&O ferry to see what it was like...
