What next for P&O after brutal sackings?

P&O Ferries has been condemned for the summary firing of almost 800 workers last week

A protest by sacked P&O workers and their supporters
Sacked P&O workers and their supporters protest along the main road to the port of Dover on 23 March
(Image credit: Guy Smallman/Getty Images)

Ministers and unions united to condemn the summary firing of 786 workers last week by P&O Ferries. The workers were told in a three-minute video message last Thursday that they were losing their jobs “with immediate effect”. Security guards then went aboard to escort crew off the ships.

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