P&O Ferries sacking all 800 crew members in UK ‘beneath contempt’ says labour minister

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Labour shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh has said P&O’s sacking tactics ‘beneath contempt – the action of thugs’.

The leading UK ferry operator, P&O Ferries, has sacked 800 British crew across its entire fleet after stopping all its sailings on Thursday. Unions called on government to halt what it called a “scandalous betrayal”, with P&O planning to use cheap agency staff to operate its ships.

Transport minister Robert Courts announced the news to the house of commons and said he would be in contact with trade unions to help workers adapt

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