The boss of P&O ferries has admitted the company broke the law by sacking 800 workers without consultation, saying “no union would accept our proposal”.
Peter Hebblethwaite told MPs at a Commons hearing that new agency workers were being paid an average of just £5.50 an hour, insisting this was allowed under international maritime rules. Unions described his comments as “scandalous”, saying he had admitted breaking the law and would do it again.
symeonbrown P&O board meeting... PandOPirates PandOFerries
symeonbrown Didn't just break the law, they knowingly chose to do so
symeonbrown He’ll be made a Lord by Xmas
symeonbrown But in a limited and specific way though, yeah?
symeonbrown Better get Cressida onto it, this needs buried in a long drawn out investigation longer than our memories like that other fella, you know, the one that combs his hair with a balloon, his name escapes me.