P & O Ferries are sacking 800 workers and replacing them with agency staff, as necessary. The agency staff will no doubt be paid less and have uncertain hours.
P & O is owned by a company called DP World which in turn is owned by the United Arab Emirates. The company had £10 million in furlough payments and I believe has had other tax breaks.
Isn't it time that we stopped selling companies to foreign investors, like the Russians, the UAE and the Saudis. I'm sure that some of you will disagree because you think that foreign investment is a good idea but I really don't think that our work forces can be messed about like this.
Perhaps a boycott of P & O would be a good idea.
