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P&O Ferries boss should be jailed over sacking of workers, says unions chief

STUC president Pat Rafferty said that Peter Hebblethwaite should be imprisoned to send a clear message to employers.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries confirm plans to resume Dover-Calais sailings this week

It will be first time it has operated a ferry on the route since it sacked nearly 800 seafarers without notice

Wales Online

TUC calls for boycott of P&O Ferries

The union organisation said the ferry company deserves ‘pariah status’.

The Independent UK

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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 Ferries set to restart between Dover and Calais

Exclusive: Controversial ship operator is selling tickets for Wednesday morning sailings

The Independent UK

'Shameless' P&O Ferries stung in new pay row as it tries to cut wages of crew

Labour slammed P&O Ferries after overseas agency workers hired to replace staff illegally axed claimed they were asked to sign new contracts on lower pay

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

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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

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

P&O Ferries fires new agency workers for drinking on the job

Dismissed staff are part of the new agency recruits who replaced 800 sacked workers

The Independent UK

P&O hoping to resume normal service on Liverpool-Dublin route as vessel inspected

The ferry firm sacked around 800 workers in March and replaced them with agency staff

Liverpool Echo

P&O Ferries ship inspected as firm bids to resume normal Liverpool-Dublin route

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it began assessing Norbay on Wednesday

Dublin Live

Record number of failings found on P&O Ferries ship

Inspection finds 31 failings

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Record 31 failings found on P&O Ferries boat at safety inspection

Maritime agency found issues with crew’s training, fire safety and lifeboat drills on European Causeway

Daily Mirror

P&O workers losing their jobs warned of risk that could wipe out pension pots

Hundreds of P&O Ferries workers laid off last month are in danger of switching their retirement funds into less generous alternatives, financial experts are warning

Wales Online

Inability to safely deploy survival craft among 31 failures discovered on P&O Ferries vessel

There were also problems with labour conditions, navigation and documentation

The Independent UK

Concerns over survival craft among 31 safety failures on P&O Ferries boat

P&O Ferries was widely condemned after sacking nearly 800 seafarers without notice on March 17.

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The Independent UK

Operation Brock: M20 queuing system scaled back ahead of Easter getaway

National Highways said junctions 10a and 11 on the coastbound M20 reopened on Friday

Liverpool Echo

Metro Mayor wants to stop 'P&O type companies' trading in city

Businesses who don't act responsibly 'won't be getting any of our money'

The Independent UK

Ferries: What travellers sailing Dover-Calais need to know this Easter

All you need to know about taking a ship this weekend

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries cancels all Dover-Calais sailings this weekend

Company had hoped to resume crossings over Easter

The Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries suspends passenger services across Channel over Easter

Suspension of Dover-Calais sailings adds to wider travel disruption across UK on bank holiday weekend

Wales Online

P&O cancels its cross-channel ferries for whole Easter weekend

It comes with delays expected across the entire travel network on a busy weekend for trains, roads and airports

The Guardian - UK

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