News / Trade unions set to launch legal battle after P&O sacks ferry crew via Zoom

P&O workers demonstrate in Liverpool. Photo: Nautilus International

Union Nautilus International has issued a formal letter of dispute to the management of P&O Ferries following yesterday’s public relations farce when the company sacked 800 seafarers via a Zoom call.

P&O Ferries and its parent, Dubai’s DP World, have doubled down on its view that consultation with workers and their representatives and, seemingly UK law, are irrelevant by incorporating a company in Malta, apparently to handle crewing options for its UK ferry services.

International Ferry Management (IFM) was incorporated near Valetta ...