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Hebblethwaite has admitted that P&O Ferries had violated British regulations by firing seafarers
The RMT trade union has called on the government to prevent ships from the company from sailing
March 24, 2022
Today's hearing at the Trade, Energy and Industrial Strategy Commission of the British Parliament of P&O Ferries Chief Executive Peter Hebblethwaite has ignited even more, if possible, the tone of the criticism of the shipping company that a week ago fired into trunk 800 seamen ( of the March 17 2022). Just yesterday P&O Ferries, in a letter sent to the government (
The admission of Hebblethwaite has naturally sparked the ready reaction of the workers ' representatives. The RMT trade union organization has called on the government to issue an ordinance from the immediate effect that it prohibits shipping to P&O Ferries ships and to ensure the reinstatment of the fired workers. "In light of the evidence provided by lawmakers today to lawmakers that there have been multiple violations of the laws and the admission of P&O CEO Peter Hebblethwaite, that the company has not only broken the law but would do so." new, RMT Secretary General Mick Lynch said-we call on the government to issue an immediate order to prevent the ships from sailing and the reinstatation of the workers being fired. "This could mean that the government, if necessary, takes control of the ships," Lynch said. We also ask for the immediate decadence of Peter Hebblethwaite from administrator after he admitted that the company has broken the law and would do so again. "
The reaction of Nautilus International has been equally disdained. Referring to the admission of Hebblethwaite ("there is no doubt," the CEO said, " we had to consult unions. "We chose not to do so," the union said in a statement, saying the company had chosen not to consult the workers ' representatives, as required by law, because this would have been "a farce". "We have passed on to a model widely used around the world and by our competitors," said Nautilus International's irritation with P&O Ferries ' chief executive, which is a "great use of the world's largest". I would take this decision again. "
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Today's hearing at the Trade, Energy and Industrial Strategy Commission of the British Parliament of P&O Ferries Chief Executive Peter Hebblethwaite has ignited even more, if possible, the tone of the criticism of the shipping company that a week ago fired into trunk 800 seamen 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
