Chaos in British ports: P&O fires 800 and replaces them with temporary workers, employees block everything
Yesterday the largest ferry company in England, P&O, had suddenly ordered that all its ships, already loaded, be emptied and that customers be rebooked on other ships due to an "Announcement" it would make today. A move that had alarmed everyone, and in fact the announcement related to 800 layoffs, all announced via Zoom to employees and had immediate effect: a new level of job management in the world of high technology.
Obviously, the responses were not positive. It is understood that the ships have been emptied of customers, who could have become hostages of the furious crews and, literally in mutiny after the announcement, also because the transport lines will not be closed, but these employees will be replaced by temporary workers taken by the employment agencies!
The ferry operator, which was bought by Dubai-based logistics giant DP World in 2019, canceled departures "for the next few days," following worker protests. After all, P&O has also brought union relations to an unprecedented level: while hundreds of workers protested and refused to disembark ships in the ports of Dover, Hull and Northern Ireland after the company was accused of having hired "Illegally" of the brawny security men in balaclavas with handcuffs to get off the workers sacked from the ships.
Even the government is now furious and in the British Parliament there is talk of asking for the reimbursement of the 10 million pounds granted as a contribution during the covid to pay the integration funds of the employees left on the ground. Not to mention that in 2020 the company has still paid hefty dividends to shareholders. A statement from Secretary Grant Shapps, signed by Mr. Turner and his fellow Hull MPs Emma Hardy and Dame Diana Johnson, say: 'This shocking move was made without warning, warning or consultation in a deliberate attempt to reduce the wages and conditions of British seafarers.' Welcome to business negotiations with holding companies in Dubai.
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