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Boris Johnson backs calls for shameless P&O boss to quit over illegal sackings

C&O chief Peter Hebblethwaite has been told to sling his hook and walk the plank (you plank) over his firm's illegal sackings of 800 staff - while Grant Shapps suggested he may change law to reinstate axed ferry workers

Daily Mirror

What do we know about P&O Ferries and how will shipping change?

Prime minister has signalled a pay rise for many crew on ferries and cruise ships using UK ports

The Independent UK

Talks between RMT and P&O over sackings end after 20 minutes

The union is calling for a boycott of P&O services over the sackings.

The Independent UK

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New rail contract award to Go-Ahead branded ‘a sick joke’

Contract to run Britain’s biggest commuter rail network comes a week after £23.5m fine

The Guardian - UK

Go-Ahead retains UK's largest rail contract despite "appalling breach of trust"

The Government has decided that Go-Ahead's Govia joint venture will continue to operate the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail services

Birmingham Post

Union leaders hold talks with P&O to demand reinstatement of sacked seafarers

Rail, Maritime and Transport union bosses welcomed the public and political support for its campaign after almost 800 workers were sacked.

The Independent UK

P&O DID deliberately break law over shameful mass sackings as CEO in shameful admission

P&O boss Peter Hebblethwaite admits the firm deliberately broke the law to sack 800 staff as ferry fatcat says he’d do it again and also admits replacements’ low pay

Daily Mirror

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Furious protest at Scottish port over P&O's "illegal" sacking of staff

Sacked workers among protestors at ferry operator's Scottish base. They were replaced by £2 an hour foreign workers, leading to legal action against P&O by unions and UK government

Daily Record

P&O sackings ‘absolutely outrageous’, union boss tells MPs

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT, said the ferry operator is guilty of ‘flagrant breaches of the law’.

The Independent UK

P&O protestors call for boycott of services during demonstration at Cairnryan Port

Dozens of protestors are at Cairnryan Port as they call for the immediate reinstatement of P&O workers

Daily Record

Protesters block road to Port of Liverpool and chant 'shame on P&O'

Demonstrators shouted "Shame on you P&O"

Liverpool Echo

P&O Ferries to pay more than £36million in compensation to 800 sacked staff

P&O Ferries has agreed to pay more than £36million in compensation packages to nearly 800 workers dismissed last week without notice following an investigation into the sacking scandal

Daily Mirror

P&O to pay £36.5m compensation to sacked crew members

Union boss slams announcement as ‘actions of a bully’

The Independent UK

P&O agency crew that replaced sacked staff 'may do 144 round trips without time off'

The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union has highlighted alleged 'profound safety issues' while a briefing for MPs, seen by the Mirror, says 'an eight-week contract would be up to 144 round trips before they leave the ship to take a period of rest'

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The Independent UK

Union leaders demand action on promised protections for workers after ‘callous’ P&O sackings

Exclusive: Boris Johnson promised bill two years ago to ‘make Britain the best place to work’ after Brexit

Wales Online

P&O Ferries ships will be blocked from sailing if they fail safety checks, says Government

Grant Shapps confirmed P&O Ferries could face “criminal prosecution and unlimited fines”

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries: Tories 'show contempt' for workers as MPs ignore bid to end fire and rehire

MPs refuse to back a Labour motion to strengthen workers' rights - and give P&O staff their jobs back - after "shameful" mass sacking of 800 workers without consultation or warning

The Guardian - UK

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

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Evening Standard

P&O Ferries accused of paying agency staff just £1.81 an hour

P&O Ferries has been accused of paying as little as £1.81 an hour to agency staff who replaced workers on its ships.

Wales Online

‘Grotesquely exploitative’ P&O Ferries previously paid foreign workers as little as £1.82 an hour

MP Karl Turner made the unsettling claims about P&O Ferries, adding that migrant staff worked 12-hour shifts and had to stay in tents and hotels

The Independent UK

P&O using foreign agency workers ‘earning £1.81 an hour’ after 800 UK staff sacked, union claims

P&O continues to face backlash after hundreds of workers fire over Zoom call

Liverpool Echo

Safety fears as P&O Liverpool ferry resumes with agency staff

RMT union raise major concerns as it is claimed workers have been replaced with staff who have never been on vessel before

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries ‘unsafe’ with new crew on board, claims union

‘We will not be reducing crewing numbers. We don’t have a business if we don’t have a safe business’ – spokesperson for the ferry firm

Daily Mirror

Controversial P&O Ferries previously hired 'agency workers on £1.82 an hour'

MP Karl Turner, who has been dealing with P&O Ferries for years in his Hull East constituency, said that migrant workers were expected to work 12-hour shifts for eight weeks at a time

The Independent UK

Staff replacing sacked P&O Ferries workers face ‘poverty pay’, union claims

The RMT said Filipino ratings now crewing the Liverpool-Dublin route are being paid below the minimum wage.

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