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P&O Ferries halted operations
this month in order to sack
over 800 workers and replace
them with cheap foreign
agency staff causing chaos at
British ports.
It also sparked
demonstrations across the
country as the union revealed
that the government knew of
the plan to sack workers and
disrupt services the day before
but failed to act.
The company suspended all
services and told ships to
return to port where workers
were removed by private
security officers and replaced
by low paid agency personnel
waiting to board the
company's ships.
The ferry company, owned
by logistics operator DP World
controlled by the government
of Dubai, was accused of
slavery back in 2019 over the
wages it paid to Polish and
Portuguese crews of as little as
£1.83 an hour.
RMT general secretary Mick
P&O FERRIES SACK
HUNDREDS
Union calls for four-
point plan to protect
jobs, services and
basic employment
standards
BOYCOTT
Dover protest
Mick Lynch and
John McDonnell MP