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Britain’s most hated boss, P&O Ferries CEO Peter Hebblethwaite has dropped off the panel of an industry event following public pressure from the international labour movement and U.S. government representatives. 

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Little prospect of relief of logjam at port

Last night, ITF, ETF, Nautilus International and RMT projected a video on to the cliffs of Dover and images on to the headquarters of P&O Ferries, demanding that the company be brought to task for its immoral and illegal actions. This action comes after P&O Ferries sacked 800 seafarers two weeks ago. One Zoom call, ...

Joint press release from ITF, ETF, Nautilus International & RMT 

The Secretary of State for Transport has today laid out the initial government response to the disgraceful decision by P&O Ferries to dismiss 800 seafarers without notice or consultation. The government’s ‘package of measures’ – nine proposals in all – have been focussed on the extension of the national minimum wage to all seafarers onboard ...

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Weather in northwest Orange County for Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Today: Scattered sprinkles. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Calm wind. Mostly sunny skies will follow through much of the new week, with highs in the 60s and lows in the upper 40s. Courtesy of HistoryNet: 1633 The tobacco laws of Virginia are codified, limiting tobacco production to reduce dependence on a single-crop economy. 1861 A furious Governor Sam Houston storms out of a legislative ...