The P&O Scandal Shows Britain Is a Bosses’ Paradise
The mass sacking of 800 P&O workers earlier this year has revealed the impunity of rogue bosses in the British economy — and shows that we must campaign to overhaul our labour laws.
'The Top Dog': Jeffrey Sterling, the British property developer and later Life President of P&O Cruises. (Ronald Dumont / Express / Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
On 17 March this year, P&O Ferries sacked 786 officers and crew of their ferries operating in the UK, in order to replace them with agency crew on much lower wages and far worse terms and conditions. The deed was done through a pre-recorded video message and hand-delivered letters. Those on board the vessels were […]
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