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All of its services, and a worker leaving a ferry in hull spoke to the bbc. we didn't know what to do. we had been told by this video message, but we have not seen anything in writing, there was no formal warning and we weren't told about anything beforehand, so what do we do? the rmt union said crew were being replaced by cheaper workers. a huge impact on the local economy. we have got individuals who have worked for this employer for in excess of a0 years, and we have got individuals who have been with this company for five years and thought they were embarking at a career at sea with a resp...

Replaced by cheaper workers. a huge impact on the local economy. we have got individuals who have worked for this employer for in excess of a0 years, and we have got individuals who have been with this company for five years and thought they were embarking at a career at sea with a respectable employer, but their hopes and dreams have been thrown up in tatters. we have had children and families coming here in absolute tears. one seafarer told us that an agency sent him to a p&0 ship in scotland but when it became clear he would be replacing the sacked crew he quit and is on the train home. it ...

The transport secretary, grant shapps, has now confirmed that he had been told about the redundancy plan the night before it was announced, but that he wasn't aware of the scale of the plan until the following day. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin reports. a group of sacked p&0 ferries workers and trade union representatives marched on parliament today.— representatives marched on parliament today. today, i knowl will lose my _ parliament today. today, i knowl will lose my severance _ parliament today. today, i knowl will lose my severance package i parliament today. today, i know i i...

Excess of a0 years, individuals who have been with them for five years and thought they were embarking on a career at sea with a respectable employer, and there hopes and dreams are up in tatters. we have had children and family come into the office today in tears. as we heard, p&o said they were replacing staff with cheaper agency workers. this man told the bbc an agency sent him to a p&o ship in scotland — but when it became clear he was replacing sacked crew, he quit. it was just horrible. it was appalling. we started feeling sick, just notice because we knew what we were doing. we were t...

What do we do? it prompted outrage from unions, particularly the rmt union — they represent british seafarers — who held this protest. and protests have continued in uk port cities like here. this was liverpool this weekend. the head of the rmt union described the impact. it has a huge impact i on our local economy. we've got individuals who've worked for this employer for— an excess of 40 years. we've got individuals| who've been with this company for five years and embarking on a career at sea with _ a respectable employer, i and their hopes and dreams are thrown up in tatters. we've h...