I wonder the consequences of Government somehow forcing them to re-employ all the staff on the previous terms would trigger the owners to shut P&O down.
They have new employees from eastern Europe what’s the problem ? They are sailing though EU regulations.
I initially had sympathy with the P&O workers – until I found out their union was RMT (same union that encourages grossly overpaid TFL drivers to strike and not acknowledge the reality of the pandemic massively reducing tube demand). So we may hear the other side of this isn’t as damning as it first appears (ie RMT asked for some obscene payrise/pension to up completely in the face of economic reality/declining passenger numbers, just like the recent tube strikes).
What is the process for forcing a Cyprus flagged vessel to employ UK staff under UK T&Cs? Is that even possible under international law? Does the government have leverage over port access?
Why am I seeing people blame this on Brexit? I fail to see how staying in the EU would have prevented this?
>Joel Hills @ITVJoel:
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>The @RMTunion says P&O plans to restart its ferry service in Dover using agency crew from India + will pay them the equivalent of $2.38 (£1.80) an hour.
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>RMT doesn’t offer proof but this is plausible and – while some may find this shocking – it would be legal. I’ll explain…
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>[Mar 21, 2022 · 🧵](https://nitter.net/ITVJoel/status/1505849476136714241#m)
Utterly pointless in terms of saving those jobs, but the right thing to do anyway.
There are stages in process where one knows that “if we do not stand together, we will surely hang separate”
As is typical of the Independent, it’s a bad title. The vote is to “demand” the reinstatement of the workers, the government can’t actually **force** the company to re-hire them (and nor should it have that power).
As for the fire & rehire stuff, that isn’t what this is. They aren’t trying to rehire the same staff on reduced pay, they’re hiring a bunch of completely different staff from abroad on a fifth of the pay. Completely different things, although if this does get the fire and rehire bill past the Tories this time around (they voted against it last time!) then that’s still a positive I suppose.
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I wonder the consequences of Government somehow forcing them to re-employ all the staff on the previous terms would trigger the owners to shut P&O down.
They have new employees from eastern Europe what’s the problem ? They are sailing though EU regulations.
I initially had sympathy with the P&O workers – until I found out their union was RMT (same union that encourages grossly overpaid TFL drivers to strike and not acknowledge the reality of the pandemic massively reducing tube demand). So we may hear the other side of this isn’t as damning as it first appears (ie RMT asked for some obscene payrise/pension to up completely in the face of economic reality/declining passenger numbers, just like the recent tube strikes).
What is the process for forcing a Cyprus flagged vessel to employ UK staff under UK T&Cs? Is that even possible under international law? Does the government have leverage over port access?
Why am I seeing people blame this on Brexit? I fail to see how staying in the EU would have prevented this?
>Joel Hills @ITVJoel:
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>The @RMTunion says P&O plans to restart its ferry service in Dover using agency crew from India + will pay them the equivalent of $2.38 (£1.80) an hour.
>
>RMT doesn’t offer proof but this is plausible and – while some may find this shocking – it would be legal. I’ll explain…
>
>[Mar 21, 2022 · 🧵](https://nitter.net/ITVJoel/status/1505849476136714241#m)
Utterly pointless in terms of saving those jobs, but the right thing to do anyway.
There are stages in process where one knows that “if we do not stand together, we will surely hang separate”
As is typical of the Independent, it’s a bad title. The vote is to “demand” the reinstatement of the workers, the government can’t actually **force** the company to re-hire them (and nor should it have that power).
As for the fire & rehire stuff, that isn’t what this is. They aren’t trying to rehire the same staff on reduced pay, they’re hiring a bunch of completely different staff from abroad on a fifth of the pay. Completely different things, although if this does get the fire and rehire bill past the Tories this time around (they voted against it last time!) then that’s still a positive I suppose.
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