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P&O Ferries

May 2024

  • Kenan Malik

    National sovereignty is little defence against the global hunt for profits

    Kenan Malik
  • A middle-aged, grey-haired man in dark suit and tie sits on a green chair and speaks into a microphone

    P&O Ferries boss asked if he is ‘modern-day pirate’ for paying staff £4.87 an hour

April 2024

  • A P&O Ferries vessel near the port of Dover

    P&O Ferries seafarers told they will benefit from new French pay rules

    Rivals had feared P&O could challenge legislation closing loopholes that allowed low wages

March 2024

  • A P&O Ferries vessel near the Port of Dover

    P&O Ferries boss to be questioned by MPs on working conditions

    Ferry company has agreed to sign commitment it will pay maritime workers at least UK minimum wage
  • Sharon Stone, pictured at her new art exhibition in Berlin

    Brief letters
    Stop body-shaming men over penis size

    Letters: Sharon Stone interview | 1930s royal photo manipulation | At snail’s pace | Maternity music | Spending a penny or 40

    • Cross-channel ferry crews must be paid at least £9.95 an hour under French law

    • P&O Ferries has paid some crew less than half UK minimum wage

    • Nothing has been done to stop repeat of P&O Ferries scandal, unions say

April 2023

  • A P&O ferry moored at the Port of Dover in Kent.

    P&O Ferries: prospect of fine over mass sackings is ‘less than remote’

    Dubai-owned ferry operator predicts inquiry into its sacking of 786 workers last year will not result in ‘related economic outflow’
  • Ferry passengers at the Port of Dover

    Travellers crossing Channel from UK face 90-minute delays on Good Friday

    Ferry operators expect bank holiday weekend to be busy with ‘large queues’ at entrance to Dover port
  • Cars queuing at Dover on Thursday. Port officials said they had held an ‘urgent review’ in an effort to avoid a repeat of last weekend’s delays.

    Long queues form at Dover as port braces for Easter travel chaos

    Ferry operator says wait for passport checks ‘approximately 90 minutes’ before start of weekend getaway

March 2023

  • Queues at the Port of Dover

    Port of Dover declares critical incident as coaches face long wait to board ferries

  • Workers protest in Dover after P&O Ferries sacked nearly 800 workers without notice.

    One year on, has P&O Ferries got away with illegally sacking all its crew?

February 2023

  • Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union join a picket line outside the Port of Dover.

    Children returning from school trips delayed for six hours amid Calais strikes

    Home Office rejects suggestions strikes by Border Force staff in Calais, Dunkirk, Dover and Coquelles impacting wait times

January 2023

  • Port of Dover cross-Channel ferries.

    Dover-Calais ferries suspended due to strike in France

    Travel between Dover and Calais disrupted by 24-hour National Day of Action

December 2022

  • A protest outside Maritime House in Dover

    TUC seeks changes to draft law to help seafarers after P&O Ferries scandal

    Sacking of nearly 800 crew in favour of low-paid agency workers in March led to calls for loopholes to be closed in seafarers’ wages bill

September 2022

  • A key cause of delays has been the need for British passport holders to have their passports stamped.

    Travellers face six-hour delays at UK border control in Calais

    Ferry operators apologise as photos show queues of cars filled with families trying to reach Dover

August 2022

  • P&O ferries

    P&O Ferries will not face criminal proceedings for mass sacking of staff

  • P&O ferry in port

    P&O Ferries owner reports record-breaking profits after mass sacking

June 2022

  • Picket line at Victoria station on Thursday.

    Rail strikes show Tories have moved on since promises to defend workers’ rights

    Analysis: New laws aim to make it easier for firms to use agency workers to break strikes, tilting the balance of power towards employers
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