The Latest Breaking News from Mick Lynch

P&O Ferries admits paying new workers below UK minimum wage

The company's chief executive has given evidence to MPs

Birmingham Post · Mar 24, 2022

P&O Ferries boss admits firm broke law by sacking staff without consultation

CEO tells MPs P&O aims to halve costs under ‘new model’ using seafarers paid just £5.15 an hour

The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2022

P&O admits paying new ferry workers below UK minimum wage

Chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite said the average pay of the new crew is only £5.15 per hour.

The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022

Sacked P&O ferry crews replaced by 'Indian seafarers paid £1.80 an hour', union claims

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transportunion, said it amounted to “shocking exploitation”.

Daily Record · Mar 22, 2022

Replacements for P&O Ferries crew paid £1.80 an hour, unions say

RMT says agency rates for seafarers are ‘gut-wrenching betrayal’ of 800 sacked British staff

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2022

‘Spring of discontent’: wave of strikes looms for Covid-hit railways

Pandemic upended finances, and action over possible job cuts, pay freezes and closures seems likely

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2022