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Cruise ship staff shortages lead to thousands of cancelled holidays

Staff shortages have wreaked havoc for cruise liners in the same way as airports have been affected

Liverpool Echo

P&O Cruises left passengers 'in cold terminal with no food' for hours

The customers were 'completely abandoned' by staff.

Daily Record

P&O cruises offer upset passengers vouchers after leaving them 'cold with no food'

All the customers were given a lateral flow test before boarding, and around 50 tested positive and were told to wait in a small area inside the terminal building by staff rather than board the vessel.

Edinburgh Live

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P&O Cruises left customers 'in the cold with no food' for hours - and no refunds

Holidaymakers who had booked a P&O Cruises holiday to the Canary Islands were left disappointed when the firm isolated them for hours without enough food, heat or seating

Daily Mirror

Fury as P&O Dutch staff get 5% pay rise weeks after firm sacked 800 UK workers

More than 100 employees of the firm in the Netherlands will receive a 5% pay rise despite the company claiming it had been forced to replace UK seafarers with agency staff as it had no money

Daily Mirror

Civil service union warns of strike over Boris Johnson’s plan to cut 91,000 jobs

PCS leader says members have reached ‘tipping point’ after PM’s combative move

The Guardian - UK

Do we need a worldwide minimum wage? We ask an expert

Economic anthropologist Jason Hickel considers the idea that, as businesses become more global, workers’ rights should, too

The Guardian - UK

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Ports and unions criticise Shapps’ plan for law on seafarers’ minimum wage

Legislation announced in Queen’s Speech in response to P&O Ferries’ sacking of 800 crew

The Guardian - UK

Five ways the Queen's Speech affects Scots as Prince Charles makes address

Prince Charles delivered the UK government's legislative programme for the parliamentary year with a raft of legislation that will affect Scotland and the UK

Daily Record

Queen's Speech: Tories vowed 20 times to bring in Employment Bill but reforms set to be delayed

Boris Johnson was accused of 'dragging down Britain's workers' after it emerged that the promised Employment Bill is not expected to be in Tuesday's Queen's Speech

Daily Mirror

Elderly Renfrewshire couple thrown off cruise ship amid covid scare

The £4000 dream cruise holiday turned into a nightmare for the pair

Daily Record

Renfrew pensioners thrown off £4,000 dream cruise holiday after covid scare on bus

The cruise line firm refused to allow Janet and Ian Anderson to travel on the Canary Islands voyage because someone on their coach had tested positive for covid.

Glasgow Live

Scottish couple spend £4,000 on dream cruise only to be thrown off over covid scare

Janet and Ian Anderson had booked their dream holiday to the canary islands after Ian recovered from a brain tumour, only to be told they had to leave the ship minutes before it departed.

Edinburgh Live

Elderly couple thrown off £4000 dream cruise holiday after covid scare on bus

Janet and Ian Anderson had tested negative for the virus but were ordered off the P&O cruise after someone else tested positive

Daily Record

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The Guardian - UK

Government accused of betraying workers as employment bill is sidelined

Employment rights reforms are not expected to be included in the Queen’s speech next week

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool fans urged to avoid 'savage' company when travelling to Paris final

City MPs and Metro Mayor call for boycott of ferry firm

Wales Online

Fresh calls for new law to ensure restaurant and other workers keep their tips

TUC fears that the Queen's Speech next week will not include action to ensure fair tipping

The Guardian - UK

In the name of job flexibility, ‘Uberisation’ is spreading its tentacles across society

From health workers to beauticians, cleaners to academics, the erosion of our rights at work is setting us back a hundred years

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Daily Record

Lorry driver allegedly rammed P&O protest blockade at Scots port as man charged

Witnesses told how the 7.5-tonne vehicle forced protesters to retreat at the entrance to Cairnryan Ferry Port in Dumfries and Galloway.

The Independent UK

Former P&O workers block entrance at Larne Port

Darren Proctor, from the RMT union, said workers are ramping up their protest at both Larne Port and Cairnryan.

Belfast Live

P&O vessel passes inspection and back in service after passengers left stranded off NI coast

The European Causeway lost power on Tuesday afternoon while sailing from Cairnryan to Larne

Wales Online

New P&O Ferries crew did not know how to use life-saving equipment, according to new report

Fast rescue boats were not properly maintained and oil filtering equipment was not working, reports says

The Independent UK

New P&O Ferries crew did not know how to use life-saving equipment – report

Twenty-three failures on Spirit of Britain were found by Maritime and Coastguard Agency inspectors.

Daily Record

P&O ferry loses power on sailing from Dumfries and Galloway to Northern Ireland

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) says the boat will have to stay at Larne until it passes safety checks

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries: A timeline of everything that’s gone wrong for the company since 17 March

From firings to failed inspections, MP bashings to boycotts – here’s a timeline of the weekly PR nightmares that have plagued the brand since it fired 800 staff

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