P&O Ferries sacks 800 staff

[richard]

BBC News - P&O Ferries sacks 800 workers but crew refuse to leave ships

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60779001 

[southlondon413]

Mar 17, 2022 14:50:47 GMT richard said:

BBC News - P&O Ferries sacks 800 workers but crew refuse to leave ships

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60779001 

It’s barbaric and just one of the many ways maritime law lets down workers across the world.

[richard]

Mar 17, 2022 15:18:49 GMT southlondon413 said:

Mar 17, 2022 14:50:47 GMT richard said:

BBC News - P&O Ferries sacks 800 workers but crew refuse to leave ships

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60779001 

It’s barbaric and just one of the many ways maritime law lets down workers across the world.

Discusting behaviour from the top brass I hope the workers keep standing their ground 

[redbus]

Mar 17, 2022 16:00:10 GMT richard said:

Mar 17, 2022 15:18:49 GMT southlondon413 said:

It’s barbaric and just one of the many ways maritime law lets down workers across the world.

Discusting behaviour from the top brass I hope the workers keep standing their ground 

It is not just what you are trying to achieve that matters but how you go about it. No one says that P&O shouldn't be profitable but the manner in which they have gone about this is so unacceptable :-

• Replacing your long standing staff with agency workers
• Effectively sacking 800 staff on the spot with no notice, no consultation
• The manner of the sacking
• Planning this in secrecy from everyone
• Complete disregard for your customers (those who had planned to travel with P&O and now cannot do so as no ferries are running)

To quote the old phrase it is the 'unacceptable face of capitalism'. There surely must have been a better way to deal with P&O's problems, and if the management can't see such a way, dare I say perhaps they are the wrong management. I have no idea if this is within employment law, I'll leave the lawyers to answer that one.