Blog: P&O is just a symptom, the government must fix the disease

At least we can be grateful to P&O Ferries for one thing – shining a light on the disgraceful employment practice of fire and rehire after it sacked its whole seafaring workforce on a pre-recorded video call.
The way the company acted – replacing 800 loyal workers with agency staff and having to escort them off the ships with security guards, not to mention the Dubai-based owners paying out £240m in shareholder dividends in 2020, while claiming P&O Ferries wasn’t