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P&O Ferries chefs distraught at getting the boot with zero notice after 30 years' service

Mark and Alan worked through covid and dedicated life to the Cairnryan to Larne crossing - then mercilessly got the boot.

Daily Record · Mar 19, 2022

Law should come down hard on P&O Ferries

The people of Scotland won’t forget P&O’s heartless conduct in a hurry, writes Record View.

Daily Record · Mar 19, 2022

Brit shoppers 'face fruit, veg and cheese shortages' after P&O ferry cancellations

Shoppers have been told the cutting of services by P&O may lead to shortages of fresh products like vegetables, fruit and cheese, as well as wine

Daily Mirror · Mar 19, 2022

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Labour calls on Government to publish legal advice on P&O

The party said public procurement and taxpayers’ money should be used to promote good working practices and decent conditions

Wales Online · Mar 18, 2022

Labour: Government should publish legal advice on P&O

The Opposition also published analysis of data it said reveals P&O Ferries has received £38.3m in Government contracts since December 2018.

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Growing anger as cheaper workers start on P&O ships day after 800 staff sacked

Hundreds of people gathered at P&O terminals in Dover, Hull and Liverpool and at the Central London offices of DP World today to protest against the sackings announced by P&O on Thursday

Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022

P&O Ferries: Government investigates ‘appalling’ mass sacking of workers amid angry protests

Cries of ‘seize our ships’ and demands for government to reinstate workers

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

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'Tories should outlaw fire and rehire after P&O Ferries sacked 800 staff'

If the Conservatives genuinely want to show solidarity with 800 P&O staff who lost their jobs – and call an end to bad business practices – they should outlaw fire and rehire

Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022

P&O Ferries could face 'criminal' proceedings, UK Government warns amid backlash

Kwasi Kwarteng told the firm it acted 'appallingly' after sacking 800 workers over a video call on Thursday to replace them with agency crews.

Daily Record · Mar 18, 2022

Scottish P&O workers and customers issued advice following 'callous' redundancy announcement

Advice Direct Scotland has today (March 18) released resources in order to make Scottish employees and travellers aware of their rights following the announcement that 800 people would be made redundant immediately.

Glasgow Live · Mar 18, 2022

‘Thrown on the scrapheap’: Fury and dismay over P&O Ferries jobs massacre

Hundreds demonstrate in Hull after workers sacked en masse ‘like something from the 1980s’

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

The Guardian view on P&O’s betrayal of workers: capitalism’s unacceptable face

Ministers should not wash their hands of this brutal episode and allow, in effect, a foreign state to sack workers in Britain from secure jobs and replace them with agency staff

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

Saudi executions are glossed over for oil

Brief letters: Improved human rights | A chant for Putin | Dame Caroline Haslett | Boycotting P&O

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

P&O Ferries told it could face unlimited fine if sackings unlawful

Business secretary suggests company appears not to have followed processes for large-scale redundancies

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

DP World’s controversial history of P&O ownership

Analysis: The economic model of the firm, ultimately owned by Dubai royalty, was under question even before the mass sackings

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

DP World: Spotlight turns onto Dubai-based owners of P&O Ferries

The ferry company owner has been used as an example of post-Brexit trade wins by the British government

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Government urged to nationalise P&O Ferries as protesters gather in London

Demonstrations have been held at ports in Liverpool, Larne, Hull and Dover, as unions call for a boycott of the company.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

The government is too cosy with P&O’s owners to strengthen workers’ rights

Never again should any company think they can treat British workers with such contempt, says Labour MP Louise Haigh

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Daily Mirror · Mar 18, 2022

P&O Ferries warned of 'criminal' proceedings in Tory's scathing letter - to wrong man

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said P&O Ferries had 'lost the trust of the public' and told the firm: 'We would like to understand why you think these rules do not apply to you'. But in a humiliating blunder he sent it to the wrong man

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

P&O Ferries: what are passengers’ rights after company suspended sailings for next few days?

Thousands of travellers have advance bookings on the controversial ferry firm. What are their rights?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

Are the P&O Ferries mass sackings a result of Brexit?

Analysis: UK government claimed EU exit would let it change employment law, but it has not yet done so

Wales Online · Mar 18, 2022

P&O Ferries has 'lost the trust of the public' says Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng

He said the company's actions had 'given business a bad name'

Belfast Live · Mar 18, 2022

P&O Ferries issues statement admitting redundancies have caused "distress"

Firm says they "have offered enhanced severance terms to those affected to properly and promptly compensate them for the lack of warning and consultation"

Liverpool Echo · Mar 18, 2022

P&O Ferries break silence with lengthy statement after 800 workers axed

The company said it was a "difficult decision" to make

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Widespread protests against P&O over sackings

Company issues fresh statement defending its controversial action.

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