Protests are taking place at UK ports over the sacking of hundreds of seafarers, as calls grow for the boss of P&O Ferries to quit.
The potests come hours after a ship operated by the ferry firm was detained in Northern Ireland for being ‘unfit to sail’
People chanted ‘P&O, shame on you’ as they marched along a street in Liverpool, with more than 100 turning out, according to the union. Meanwhile, Irish trade union workers gathered at Dublin Port outside the P&O terminal to send support from across the Irish Sea to P&O staff. In a move that sparked widespread outrage, the company sacked almost 800 seafarers earlier this month, and plans to replace them with agency staff on cheaper salaries.
The MCA said there were no passengers or freight on board the European Causeway vessel when it was detained.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser thatA P&O Ferries spokesman said: ‘European Causeway has undergone an inspection by the MCA in Larne, during which it was deemed not sufficiently ready for entry into operation.
In a letter, the party accused the Government of ‘sitting on their hands’ rather than taking action to hold P&O to account, adding that the ‘toothless response risks giving the green light to exploitation’.
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