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P&O ferries Pride of Kent (front), Spirit of Britain (back left), and Pride of Canterbury (back right) docked at the Port of Dover in Kent
UNSCRUPULOUS employers will launch more attacks on workers unless P&O Ferries bosses are forced to reinstate 800 mariners they unlawfully sacked, TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady has warned.
Speaking at the 74th annual conference of the TUC’s Yorkshire & the Humber region in Hull on Saturday, she warned that no worker was safe if the government did not act against P&O.
Ms O’Grady said: “P&O decided to fire and fire and fire again — 800 loyal workers doing critical work for Britain, replaced by agency labour, some on less than £2 an hour.
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