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Can the government stop P&O firing and hiring on the cheap?
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March 30, 2022
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2:15Now PlayingThe Transport Secretary has unveiled plans he says will block P&O Ferries from sacking 800 workers and hiring agency staff on the cheap.
It follows the mass outrage triggered by the company's decision to shed hundreds of employees without notice.
Grant Shapps told MPs he would give UK ports the power to refuse access to regular ferry services that do not pay workers the minimum wage. But the British Ports Association warned the move "could be unworkable".
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