“Your last day of employment is today” - sacked, in an instant and over Zoom - 800 seafaring crew at P&O Ferries.
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Perhaps their only inkling something was wrong, came when they were told to return to port.
The actual announcement, delivered in a matter of minutes, left them reeling.
On land, van loads of cheaper agency staff were waiting to replace them.
The company said they had no choice after suffering multi-million pound losses.
The government called the tactics “completely unacceptable”.
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Perhaps their only inkling something was wrong, came when they were told to return to port.
The actual announcement, delivered in a matter of minutes, left them reeling.
On land, van loads of cheaper agency staff were waiting to replace them.
The company said they had no choice after suffering multi-million pound losses.
The government called the tactics “completely unacceptable”.
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