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arista 17-03-2022 09:32 AM

800 Workers to be sacked :P&O Ferries suspends sailings ahead of ‘major announcement’
 
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-41456941.html



People have all been told to get of
the Ferry right now


LBC News


bots 17-03-2022 09:44 AM

it's a bit weird to dump all their passengers when they are announcing a strategy for the long term viability of the company

arista 17-03-2022 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11146586)
it's a bit weird to dump all their passengers when they are announcing a strategy for the long term viability of the company


Yes very wrong.
But I assume some take over or something
or bankrupt?

arista 17-03-2022 10:01 AM


arista 17-03-2022 11:30 AM

The Times Paper
has just reported all UK staff to be Sacked.

A Cheaper Foreign work force is ready to Take Over



Just reported on BBC2HD Politics Live.


No Official Announcement yet




P&O is owned by DP World Logistics Dubai

bots 17-03-2022 11:33 AM

i haven't used the ferry since the tunnel opened and this won't persuade me otherwise

arista 17-03-2022 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11146633)
i haven't used the ferry since the tunnel opened and this won't persuade me otherwise


But to Sack all workers
on the spot?

bots 17-03-2022 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11146635)
But to Sack all workers
on the spot?

i would boycott them, it's disgusting if true

arista 17-03-2022 11:36 AM

Grant Shapps MP
Transport Sec.

Must now make a Statement.

arista 17-03-2022 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11146636)
i would boycott them, it's disgusting if true



If it is true
it will go Front Page

No Warning
in the start of a trading day
how Evil

arista 17-03-2022 11:39 AM

Kizzy
they must be using outside UK laws/

Cherie 17-03-2022 11:53 AM

Think they are based in Dubai, this is disgusting, they should be boycotted

bots 17-03-2022 11:58 AM

P&O Ferries has paused its services "in preparation for a company announcement" later on Thursday.

The ferry operator said it was not going into liquidation but all ferries had been instructed to stay in port.

Union RMT urged the firm to protect jobs amid speculation that hundreds of crewmembers could "be sacked and replaced with foreign labour".

As a result some sailings scheduled for today have been cancelled, with passengers told to use other companies.

P&O services scheduled today include 14 between Dover and Calais, three between Liverpool and Dublin and seven between Larne in County Antrim and Cairnryan in Dumfries and Galloway.

The union said it has instructed members to stay on board their vessels once they have docked or risk being "locked out" of their jobs.

"We are digging in for the long-haul. We are determined to fight," RMT spokesperson Geoff Martin said.

A seafaring P&O employee told the BBC his colleagues onboard have refused to disembark and are instead "in their cabins refusing to work".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60779001

arista 17-03-2022 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherie (Post 11146649)
Think they are based in Dubai, this is disgusting, they should be boycotted


Yes,
P&O is owned by DP World Logistics Dubai



Because of Covid
they are in debt
and have to Sack all worker right now

arista 17-03-2022 12:03 PM

[The union said it has instructed members to stay
on board their vessels once they have docked
or risk being "locked out" of their jobs.]


Yes the Union trying hard to stop
the Fast Sackings.


But the Dubai based company
does not want to go under
so get sacked

arista 17-03-2022 12:04 PM

[DP World is a company owned by
the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates,
via a holding company.
This holding company is under the
direct control of the Ruler of Dubai,
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
who is also Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE.]

Kizzy 17-03-2022 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11146640)
Kizzy
they must be using outside UK laws/

I haven't read up on this as yet, on nights last night. Is it a bankruptcy issue? If these people are contracted staff surely they can't be sacked?

Very fishy :/

Kizzy 17-03-2022 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11146655)
[DP World is a company owned by
the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates,
via a holding company.
This holding company is under the
direct control of the Ruler of Dubai,
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
who is also Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE.]


Ah right.... so does this have something to do with Boris and his oil negotiations?

*gut instinct

arista 17-03-2022 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 11146657)
Ah right.... so does this have something to do with Boris and his oil negotiations?

*gut instinct



No, Johnson is not aware of this.

arista 17-03-2022 12:10 PM

[How many employees does DP World have?
Our dedicated, diverse and professional team
of more than 56,000 employees from
140 nationalities are committed to
delivering unrivalled value to
our customers and partners]

From Google search

arista 17-03-2022 12:13 PM

[What DP World stands for?
Image result for DP World Logistics
It specialises in cargo logistics,
port terminal operations,
maritime services and free trade zones.
Formed in 2005 by the merger of Dubai Ports Authority
and Dubai Ports International,
DP World handles 70 million containers
that are brought in by around
70,000 vessels annually ]

arista 17-03-2022 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 11146656)
I haven't read up on this as yet, on nights last night. Is it a bankruptcy issue? If these people are contracted staff surely they can't be sacked?

Very fishy :/



They must give up their jobs
to save the company.


Much cheaper, no union needed,
workers are ready to take over

arista 17-03-2022 12:17 PM

['A betrayal': Fears of mass redundancies
as P&O Ferries cancels all sailings

All ships have been asked to discharge their
passengers and cargo and "standby for further instructions",
but one union has told its members to stay onboard.]


https://news.sky.com/story/p-o-ferri...ement-12568327

arista 17-03-2022 12:18 PM

This is the Transport Secretary
to deal with.



Grant
get moving man

bots 17-03-2022 12:20 PM

i think people in the uk or much more likely to boycott a company that behaves like this now than they would have been previously.

arista 17-03-2022 12:21 PM

800 now to be SACKED :


100 MILLION LOSS PER YEAR



2019 DP World bought it




The announcement



SkyNewsHD Live

Kizzy 17-03-2022 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11146665)
They must give up their jobs
to save the company.


Much cheaper, no union needed,
workers are ready to take over

Dodgy AF.
I don't believe for one second he didn't know. It may be a Brexit thing. A way of getting things in from other countries without necessary checks?

arista 17-03-2022 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 11146673)
Dodgy AF.
I don't believe for one second he didn't know. It may be a Brexit thing. A way of getting things in from other countries without necessary checks?


No it was Covid


DP WORLD DUBIA
bought P&O in 2019

then China's Covid hit the World

arista 17-03-2022 12:26 PM

800 to be sacked

arista 17-03-2022 12:27 PM

P&O Ferries makes 800 staff immediately redundant
and cancels all sailings amid £100m loss


https://news.sky.com/story/p-o-ferri...ement-12568327

arista 17-03-2022 12:29 PM

[The company said these staff will be served
with severance packages, calling it a "necessary decision".

It said the business is "not viable" in its current state
.]

OK Kizzy
there is no other way

MTVN 17-03-2022 12:29 PM

Surely you can't make people redundant immediately, what about the consultation process

bots 17-03-2022 12:31 PM

they are obviously in a union so yes, i think what they are doing is illegal

arista 17-03-2022 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11146680)
Surely you can't make people redundant immediately, what about the consultation process


Look you have just lost another £100million pounds
We are lucky they are still trading


Result 800 Sacked but
[The company said these staff will be served
with severance packages, calling it a "necessary decision".]

arista 17-03-2022 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11146682)
they are obviously in a union so yes, i think what they are doing is illegal


If you put it like that
the Company will go under....

bots 17-03-2022 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11146684)
If you put it like that
the Company will go under....

their parent company have a legal obligation

MTVN 17-03-2022 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 11146683)
Look you have just lost another £100million pounds
We are lucky they are still trading


Result 800 Sacked but
[The company said these staff will be served
with severance packages, calling it a "necessary decision".]

Maybe they should fire the bosses then for mismanagement

arista 17-03-2022 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 11146685)
their parent company have a legal obligation


NO



DP WORLD



would Dump it.

arista 17-03-2022 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11146686)
Maybe they should fire the bosses then for mismanagement



Yes some can go.

arista 17-03-2022 12:38 PM

10:30AM On a Screen DP World

Within a minute they got a message
they are to be sacked.



Transport Secretary is trying to talk
to the CEO.



Bus loads of cheaper workers are waiting.


BBC South


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