British trade union RMT has condemned P&O head Peter Hebblethwaite’s performance in the Parliamentary Committee this week, where he admitted staff were paid under £5 an hour. The RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers), has 83,000 members from almost every sector of the transport industry, including maritime and offshore. P&O sacking scandal […]
Directors at P&O Ferries say they are confident that there will be no financial penalty over the mass sacking of 800 seafarers without notice. In its latest Companies House filing for the financial year 2021, the Dubai-owned UK ferry operator reveals it is headed back towards profitability as early as this month. The annual report […]
Maritime union, RMT has criticised the government amid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) increase, pointing out that thousands of seafarers will not be eligible for the rise. On 1 April 2023, the national minimum wage rose by 9.7 per cent from £9.50 to £10.42 for all over 23-year-olds. However, despite the Seafarers Wages Act being […]
Maritime union RMT has written to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), after it was reported that a lifeboat had fallen off the new P&O vessel P&O Pioneer using low-paid agency crew. RMT says all crew working on P&O Ferries are low-paid agency crew, predominantly recruited overseas by Maltese crewing agent IFM. IFM was set […]