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Unions say 'biggest rail strike' in modern history will bring Britain to a 'standstill'

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union is due to ballot more than 40,000 staff on potential industrial action in a row over pay and jobs. Passengers could face stoppages as early as June

Daily Mirror

Union threatens ‘biggest rail strike in modern UK history’

RMT to ballot more than 40,000 workers at Network Rail and train firms in dispute over jobs and pay

The Guardian - UK

Rail strike threat with 40,000 workers urged to vote for walkout in pay row

Crippling strike action could begin in June if workers vote to walkout in the ballot running from April 26 to May 24

Wales Online

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Train cleaners vote to strike over pay

RMT calling for wages to be increased and for cleaners to receive company sick pay and free travel

Wales Online

Union warns P&O of Cairnryan disruption

RMT organiser says its members will target ferry firm's supply chain following mass sackings

Insider UK

Night Tube to return on Jubilee Line from May

London’s night economy was given a boost on Friday with the announcement that Night Tube services on the Jubilee line will return next month.

Evening Standard

'We will put in the support that we can' - Minister responds to demonstrations over energy prices

Demonstrations are taking place all over the country, with thousands of people coming together to demand redistribution of wealth and power and decent wages for all, as well as justice for P&O workers

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Government ‘cannot completely nullify’ pressure on energy costs, minister says

But Brandon Lewis said the Government will ‘put in the support that we can, as and when we can’ to ease the sting of rising prices.

The Independent UK

Fresh rail strike to cause disruption to services

Members of the RMT on TransPennine Express will walk out on Sunday in a long-running pay dispute

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries has ‘got away with it’, say unions as Shapps backtracks on action

Two-week battle to hold company to account for sacking of 786 crew members appears to end with a whimper

The Guardian - UK

North East rail passengers warned of travel disruption on Sunday due to strike action

A 24 hour strike has been called by members of the RMT employed by TransPennine Express in a row over pay and Sunday working

Chronicle Live

Glasgow firm accused of helping P&O 'fire and rehire' staff and supplying 'scab workforce'

Clyde Marine Recruitment has been accused of 'desperately phoning round staff who had been disgracefully sacked' after it was confirmed some of the P&O workers who were brutally axed will return on an agency basis.

Glasgow Live

'Shameful' P&O Ferries in fire and rehire row as Glasgow firm defends role

Clyde Marine Recruitment (CMR) confirmed some of the P&O workers who were brutally axed will return on an agency basis.

Daily Record

P&O Ferries is not the first in UK waters to hire low-cost workers

The government has long turned a blind eye to widespread pay abuses by operators working out of UK ports

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Liverpool Echo

On board the first P&O ferry where staff earn little more than £3 an hour

A reporter sailed on the first P&O ferry following the mass crew sackings and this is what they discovered

Daily Record

Unions descend on P&O's recruitment firm as they demand jobs to be reinstated

Big turnout at Clyde Marine Recruitment but company claims it knew nothing of the plan to replace workforce with foreign workers

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries has last chance to rehire sacked staff, says Grant Shapps

Firm must lift this week’s deadline for workers to reply to redundancy offers, says transport secretary

The Independent UK

Plan to stop P&O undercutting minimum wage will not ‘undo’ sackings as promised, Grant Shapps told

Law change looms to end ‘sweatshop’ pay - but transport secretary told to go further to ensure workers are rehired

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The Guardian - UK

Grant Shapps urges P&O Ferries to U-turn on sacking of 800 workers

The transport secretary is expected to close loopholes to ensure ferry companies pay the UK minimum wage

Daily Record

Sacked P&O crews to mount Glasgow protest against mass sackings by ferry company

The RMT union is organising a protest outside the offices of a recruitment company said to be involved in hiring replacement crews.

The Independent UK

RMT union plans Cairnryan port blockade to protest over P&O sackings

Gordon Martin said the union would hold a demonstration at the port.

The Independent UK

Protests at UK ports as calls grow for P&O Ferries boss to quit over mass sackings

Hundreds shouted ‘P&O shame on you’ in demonstrations over sacking 800 staff

Liverpool Echo

P&O worker speaks out after losing job, 'family' and belongings in mass sacking

Danny McQuaid lost his job of eight years in a zoom call

The Independent UK

Rallies held to support ferry workers sacked by P&O

Crowds walked with banners and placards, chanting “P&O, shame on you” at demonstrations on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Protests over sacking of hundreds of P&O workers as calls grow for boss to quit

A ship operated by the ferry firm has been detained after failures on crew familiarisation, vessel documentation and crew training were found.

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