Strange Goings-On At P&O Ferries

[Zacs-Master]

https://www.reuters.com/business/uk-registered-po-ferries-suspends-services-says-it-is-not-going-bust-2022-03-17/

[sanmac]

The crews manning the ships going backwards would be made of much sterner stuff.

[woofgang]

I am sure this has happened before back in the 70's. Can't remember which company, I think it was cargo ships.

[douglas9401]

Yet another case of jobs for the ladyboys.

[webbo3]

Zacs @14:47
\\Yes, the owners are Dubai based. I thought it was 'illegal' to sack workers and replace them as this indicates that there is still a position available?//

Yes it is and making people redundant as you are making the position redundant and not the person

[Peter Pedant]

well webbo - - the beeb hae been very quiet bout this
as it clearly is against the Employment Act 1979
and so ....
we ask where are the contracts - - Jersey apparently
this is OK for marine thingeys
now you may say - - erm
having they been paying tax and NICs ? and - - - who to

surely the answer was not - - - yeah a/c to Jersey Law.... you may think the tax rates there are piffle and Jersey pensions, forget it. I cannot possibly comment

[mushroom25]

P&O are owned by DP World based in UAE. DP World signed a massive contract to ship Russian goods across Asia and Europe last year. A certain bungling t*t went to the UAE to gain support for the blockade of Russia last week. DP World have lost billions and have to cut costs. Guess who they blame? This is the big problem with todays world - its all financially interconnected and 'acting in good faith' to one country puts you foul of lots of others.

[Peter Pedant]

Hi Mooshie - your comments apply equally to Russian gas innit
Until a few weeks ago, it was unthinkable that order in Europe would get upset and the primary aim was lots of cheap gas for the German economy

and now.....

[Zacs-Master]

PP, back in April 2020 you wrote 'not least because the Germans and Russians are on our side'

and now......

[Gromit]

// DP World received more than £4.3m of emergency funding from the government during the pandemic, as part of its efforts to subsidise freight operators. It also received government support to pay more than 1,400 furloughed workers during the pandemic, the Nautilus union said. //

The company is owned by the UAE Government. They were criticised for paying a £270m dividend to shareholders (Royals) at the end of April 2020, while P&O Ferries proposed to sack around 1,100 workers.