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A week after making 800 workers redundant without notice. peter hebblethwaite didn't get an easy ride. the chair of the joint transport and business committee set the tone from the outset. are you in this mess because you don't know what you're doing, or are you just a shameless criminal? no answer there, but the p80 boss did admit breaking the law by not consulting with unions. there is absolutely no doubt we were required to consult with the unions. we chose not to do that because we believe... you chose to break the law? we chose not to consult and we are and will compensate everyone in ful...

Doubt we were required to consult with the unions. we chose not to do that because we believe... you chose to break the law? we chose not to consult and we are and will compensate everyone in full for that. the ferry crews were sacked so they could be replaced with cheaper agency workers. the average hourly rate of hourly pay is £5.50. that is below the national minimum wage of this country. _ how do you reconcile that? where we are governed by the national minimum wage, we will absolutely pay national minimum wage. this is international seafaring model, consistent with models throughout the ...

Doubt we were required to consult with the unions. we chose not to do that because we believe... you chose to break the law? we chose not to consult and we are and will compensate everyone in full for that. the ferry crews were sacked so they could be replaced with cheaper agency workers. the average hourly rate of hourly pay is £5.50. that is below the national minimum wage of this country, how do you reconcile that? where we are governed by the national minimum wage, we will absolutely pay national minimum wage. this is international seafaring model, consistent with models throughout the gl...

An hour — less than the uk minimum wage, some employees finding out their fate by a video message. i am sorry to inform you that this means your employment is terminated with immediate effect on the grounds of redundancy. p&o's boss admitted to mp5 this week that the company had broken the law by not consulting workers. there's absolutely no doubt that we were required to consult with the unions. we chose not to do that because... you chose to break the law? we chose not to consult, and we — and we are, and will, compensate everybody in full for that. protests have taken place in larne, ca...

And many other people too, it was a range of things. first of all, there was the issue of whether the law was broken by not giving enough consultation to the workforce. two other things came up in that committee that people did not like either. first of all, because the ferries were flagged abroad in cyprus and the bahamas, he said it was not necessary to give the british government proper notification of p&0's intentions. but what really got the goat of some of the mps was the intention of p80 to take on agency staff at £5.50 an hour. peter hebblethwaite's own salary is £325,000 a year. but...