The organisation is Dubai based, 40% Russian ownership, ships registered in Cyprus, it is unfortunate but that is the way of the world, those that feel the workers have been treated unjustly may choose not to use the services of P&O in the future, I certainly won't, I'm sure their revenue will drop because of this, again that is the way of the world.
The RMT are notoriously eager to ensure that their members are well paid with top conditions, (TfL), all well and good, but they can't complain if the organisations looks for a cheaper option.
The contract agency staff must be qualified to do the job safely, maybe many of them are British, it is only assumed that they are not, and they may be very happy to do the job, I contracted for quite some and didn't receive sick pay, holiday pay, pension contributions, bonus's, or have job security, but the increase in cash more than compensated for it all, it was a good deal for me. I believe that those laid off can receive their redundancy pay and then sign on as contract crew, they may find themselves much better off financially.
P&O may or may not be within the law, (they probably are), but they have certainly opened a can of worms and invoked serious criticism from all sides,
The UK Government, as well as several MPs and opposition party members, have heavily criticised P&O over how it has handled the announcement.
Now, Mr Farage has joined those rounding on the ferry giant, with the outspoken former MEP raging the move from P&O completely destroys what Brexit is all about.
He wrote on Twitter: "It is disgrace that cheap foreign workers will replace 800 sacked P&O Ferries staff.
"Brexit was about putting our people first."
