Two and a half years ago, P&O caused controversy by sacking almost 800 British seafarers without warning and replacing them with cheaper, foreign agency crew.
The government has now brought forward legislation that will mean that from December 1, ferry operators that regularly call at UK ports at least 120 times a year will have to pay their seafarers at least the equivalent of the UK National Minimum Wage. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The government has now brought forward legislation that will mean that from December 1, ferry operators that regularly call at UK ports at least 120 times a year will have to pay their seafarers at least the equivalent of the UK National Minimum Wage. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00In less than 100 days of this government, we have brought forward legislation that will
00:03mean P&O ferries and the scandal that it brought Britain will never happen again.
00:08They're a rogue operator, we're cracking down on the way that they've treated employees
00:13and we want to see them mirror the standards of other operators that come in and out of
00:17Great Britain's waters.
00:18There is a lot of wriggle room, okay, and it's something that we need to strengthen
00:22going forward because what the shipping industry has always done is look for wriggle room.
00:27You know, they've manoeuvred around legislation, they've looked for loopholes.
00:30We were sacked because we were too expensive and now it appears that these foreign workers
00:38are being replaced by P&O ferries because they are too costly to fly in.
00:44That is absolutely appalling.