Posts Tagged "workers rights"

<strong>    TWO YEARS ON: P&O FERRIES FROM AN EX-AGENCY EMPLOYEE.</strong>

    TWO YEARS ON: P&O FERRIES FROM AN EX-AGENCY EMPLOYEE.

‘The actions of thugs’ quoted Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haig in the aftermath of the 17 March 2022 forcible removal of P&O Ferries crews. Made to feel like criminals, the seafarers had done nothing wrong. They were confronted by a team of private security guards from a company known as Interforce and given an hour to collect their belongings and leave the ship. 800 seafarers…

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P&O FERRIES DOVER: AN AGENCY EMPLOYEE’S STORY.

P&O FERRIES DOVER: AN AGENCY EMPLOYEE’S STORY.

Allegedly the instructions sent to Interforce security guards ( many are ex-military) on 17 March 2022.Note the comment about ‘Cuffs, Utility belt and Body Armour?’  Against long-serving employees who had done nothing wrong.Remember the miners’ strike? Well, it looks like Thatcherism all over again, doesn’t it?  I usually got called for a P&O ferry assignment in Dover once or twice yearly and although well…

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