They marched in, sacked us all and got away with it
The Sunday Mirror|August 21, 2022
Ex P&O workers' fury as firm escapes legal action
JACK CLOVER
They marched in, sacked us all and got away with it

DEVASTATED seafarers yesterday urged transport chief Grant Shapps to quit after P&O escaped legal action over sacking 800 of them.

News of the legal let-off came after the ferry firm's parent company, DP World, recorded a staggering 52% rise in its profits to £600million in just six months.

That sparked fury among unions and the staff who lost everything when they were given the boot by video message.

Sous chef John Lansdown, sacked from the Pride of Canterbury, said: "Grant Shapps should resign. He's been spineless.

This story is from the August 21, 2022 edition of The Sunday Mirror.

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