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P&O Ferries forced to U-turn on plans to cut pay for new cheaper agency workers

P&O Ferries sacked almost 800 employees last month and brought in cheaper agency workers, arguing the move was to help keep the multi-billion business afloat

Daily Mirror

P&O accused of trying to cut pay for new cheap foreign crew

There are claims the staff taken on a month ago were told to sign new contracts

Chronicle Live

P&O Ferries accused of trying to cut pay of new cheap foreign staff

It is alleged the workers were given just a one-month contract and were being asked to sign up to worse levels of pay

Wales Online

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P&O workers 'desperate' after being told to sign contracts on less money

One agency worker emailed a union complaining about a ferry in Dover.

Daily Record

P&O Ferries accused of new low after 'trying to CUT' wages of its cheaper crew

P&O sparked uproar last month by sacking staff without notice and then replacing them with cheaper overseas staff and the dismissals were condemned as illegal by Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Daily Mirror

'Biggest rail strike in British history' planned over pay concerns

"Seven of the highest-paid civil servants in the country are Network Rail bosses"

Bristol Post

Rail strikes: Is a nationwide walkout on the cards and how will trains be affected?

‘A national rail strike will bring the country to a standstill, but our members’ livelihoods and passenger safety are our priorities,’ says union

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Rail passengers warned to expected 'widespread disruption' this weekend as strikes continue

TransPennine Express has urged people to avoid travelling on Sunday

Manchester Evening News

Rail union threatens 'biggest strike in modern history' over pay dispute

More than 40,0000 railway staff are set to be balloted for strike action in disputes over jobs and pay, the RMT has announced.

Daily Mirror

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

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

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Evening Standard

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.

Wales Online

'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

The Independent UK

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

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The Guardian - 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

Chronicle Live

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

Glasgow 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.

Daily Record

'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.

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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