
20 August 2022
RMT Press Office:
RMT slams decision not to prosecute P&O Ferries over mass sackings.
RATINGS UNION RMT has slammed the decision by the Insolvency Service not to press criminal charges against P&O Ferries after it fired nearly 800 employees in March and replaced them with low paid agency workers.
Only days earlier the rogue employer posted first half year profits of £600 million exposing claims that the mass sackings were necessary for operational sustainability as a complete fabrication.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that the rampant profiteering following P&O Ferries sacking 800 workers was already a stain on the government’s international reputation.
“Now the company has been allowed to get off the hook legally despite claims by the government it would take action.
“Not only has this government stood by while DP World sacked workers and replaced them with low paid agency workers, It is now planning to do the same on the railways to replace striking workers fighting for their rights,” he said.