Looks like P&O are sacking everyone and rehiring people and worse contracts. They've docked all there vessels.
It would appear so. Awful decision ***BREAKING NEWS*** P&O FERRIES REPORTEDLY SACK ALL STAFF WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT FERRY FIRM ALLEGEDLY TO REPLACE STAFF WITH FOREIGN LABOUR Ferry firm P&O Ferries, which sails from Hull, has reportedly made all of its staff redundant with immediate effect. Earlier this morning, P&O stated that it was recalling all of its vessels ahead of an impending announcement. Now, it has confirmed that it has sacked all of its UK staff. P&O will use an agency to employ foreign labour to replace them. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, has released the following statement prior to the announcement: "RMT demands protection of UK seafarer jobs amid speculation that hundreds of UK seafarers are to be sacked and replaced with foreign labour. "Responding to reports about the future of P&O and speculation that hundreds of UK seafarers employed by the company could be replaced by foreign labour." RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch said: “We are deeply disturbed by growing speculation that the company are today planning to sack hundreds of UK seafarers and replace them with foreign labour. "We have instructed our members to remain onboard and are demanding our members across P&O’s UK operations are protected and that the Secretary of State intervenes to save UK seafarers from the dole queue.”
Well the boats to and from Hull have had only a small number of British workers for years, the bulk of the staff are now Asian having previously being from Portugal and a long long time ago brits.
Remember the Dutch Dashes before all-cabin ferries, you were expected to sleep on the reclining chairs, first trips to the Dam on the Norland, only £15.
I worked for them for 6/7 years worst company in the world to work for followed closely by Tesco. If your not a brown nose you’ll get nowhere They were doing that kind of thing in the 80s
Probable was cheaper, always offers so maybe was 2 for £15 out of season early 80's, straight down to the red light district.
Without wanting to get too political; the Dutch have laws protecting worker rights - the company i worked for, British Steel, joined forces in the late 90s with the Dutch Steel Company Hoovogens to form CORUS - when that company was eventually sold to TATA the workers in the Dutch arm of the company maintained ALL of their pension and pay rights; pay and pension that was far superior to the UK workers.
Agree is awful news .... but Devils advocate. Lost £100 mill in a year. Already made big cuts. What else are they to do to avoid liquidation and loss of all remaining jobs ( direct and indirect)?
Apparently the crew on Pride of Hull are refusing to leave the ship and the skipper's pulled the drawbridge up. On the quayside are minibuses full of (1) the new, cheaper crew members, and (b) security men to clear the ship. What a ****ty way to deal with your employees.
Well the past two years has seen covid decimate their passenger numbers so exceptional circumstances indeed, but now with covid and the associated restrictions almost all in the past they should be looking forward and encouraging passengers. Running only one route should see an improvement in profitability, one full boat rather than two half empty ones. Charging 5.40 for a pint of bitter when you know they are not paying full duty and taxes on it just stops sales.
The company are in a lose lose situation with regards to PR on this one. As no matter what they did it wouldn't look good. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but they probably could have delivered the message better.
P&O are said to have about 4000 staff nationwide. It'd be interesting to know what the saving is, nationwide, by replacing 800 of them.
