The Leader podcast: Why P&O Ferries sacked 800 staff
From Dover we hear from Travel Correspondent, Simon Calder
P&O Ferries has suspended all sailings for the next few days (Danny Lawson/PA)
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Rachelle Abbott17 March 2022
Shock and disbelief as P&O Ferries sacks 800 crew members and suspends its services.
In a statement, P&O confirmed the workers would be made redundant immediately as a result of “unsustainable” financial losses.
The move has been condemned by unions as “a betrayal of British workers”.
The Independent’s Travel Correspondent, Simon Calder, joins us from Dover to discuss the aftermath.
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