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Len McCluskey urges unions to use ‘leverage’ against P&O after sackings

The former Unite general secretary was speaking during a visit to Glasgow.

The Independent UK

MPs call for P&O Ferries boss to be axed as Government moves to stop sackings

Transport minister Robert Courts said Peter Hebblethwaite’s position at the head of the company was ‘untenable’.

The Independent UK

P&O must be stripped of licence to operate and its boss struck off, senior MPs tell Grant Shapps

Pressure on transport secretary to get tougher with rogue firm after questions raised over his ‘block’ on redundancies

The Independent UK

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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

Daily Record

P&O bosses warned to take sacked crews back or be blocked from UK ports

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he would bring in legislation to close the loophole allowing ferry companies to dodge UK minimum wage rules.

Daily Record

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 Guardian - UK

P&O Ferries: Cheap travel isn’t a human right — a fair wage is

My travel over Easter is sorted, thank you. Train and boat to Dublin for me and two teenagers: £130 one way with Trainline, including a weird administration fee. So, you get to take as much luggage as you can physically carry and the chance to play cards on board. A…

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Grant Shapps threatens P&O Ferries with package of measures to ‘halt sackings’

Scottish protests against the mass sackings are taking place this week

Insider 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

The Independent UK

P&O boss to be grilled by MSPs in Scottish Parliament over sacking of 800 seafarers

MSPs on the Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee will quiz Peter Hebblethwaite on what happened in the lead up to and the aftermath of the sackings earlier this month.

Daily Record

P&O Ferries: New legislation could lead to company shut down with loss of 2,000 jobs

‘We will be taking steps to protect all mariners who are working in UK waters and ensure that they are paid the living wage,’ says Boris Johnson

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries’ rivals to meet Government officials after staff sackings

DFDS and Stena Lines will hold talks with the Department for Transport

Wales Online

Grant Shapps preparing to ban P&O from using UK routes unless workers paid minimum wage

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has written the head of P&O Ferries to shame the boss into reversing the firm's bombshell decision about workers and to urge him to reverse cuts and pay staff minimum wage

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries’ rivals set to meet with officials after mass sacking of staff

DFDS and Stena Lines have been invited to meet with Department for Transport officials on Monday.

The Independent UK

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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

Glasgow Live

RMT Union to protest outside Glasgow recruitment office linked to P&O job cuts

Union's general secretary Mick Lynch said the demonstration will take place at the offices of Clyde Marine Recruitment on Govan Road amid a number of protests across the UK

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

P&O predicted £309m cost to consult with staff ahead of surprise sackings

A source for the ferry company said months of consultations would have undermined the business.

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The Independent UK

RMT union to protest outside recruitment office linked to P&O job cuts

A demonstration will take place on Monday outside Clyde Marine Recruitment in Glasgow.

The Guardian - UK

No sea experience needed, says P&O agency ad for crews

Stewards sought on Facebook to replace crew members sacked without notice

Wales Online

More jobs at risk after P&O sackings as second ferry firm warns of 'race to the bottom'

DFDS demands ‘level playing field’ over seafarers’ pay in the wake of the sacking off 800 British employees

Liverpool Echo

Fears more ferry operators could follow P&O sackings

Growing concerns for job security in the ferry sector following sacking of 800 workers by P&O

Daily Mirror

'A society driven by greed cares little about the poor - they will never play fair'

The worst bit about the cost of living crisis – and I know this is playing the man, not the ball – is that this terrible economic shock is delivered by a millionaire who will never, ever, have to worry about money

Daily Mirror

P&O scandal sparks 'race to the bottom' as rivals demand 'level playing field' over pay

Danish ferry firm DFDS has demanded a ‘level playing field’ over seafarers’ pay with Unions fearing more British jobs may be lost if the P&O sacking is not overturned

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.

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