Virgin Hyperloop abandons dream to shoot people through tubes
Last month Virgin Hyperloop laid off over 100 staff and abandoned its effort to be the first people carrying hyperloop. What now?
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Last month Virgin Hyperloop laid off over 100 staff and abandoned its effort to be the first people carrying hyperloop. What now?
20 members of the Eastern European replacement crew who were drafted in following the sacking scandal were pictured being shown around the docked Pride of Hull in Yorkshire.
Workers refused to leave their ships after being told in a pre-recorded three-minute video they were being fired with immediate effect by Stephen Nee, the company's laughably titled 'employee relations' chief.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) is led by General Secretary Mick Lynch, whose name is now notorious among London commuters as the public face of a recent wave of Tube strikes.
Mr Shapps said the company had only let a 'very small group' of officials know about the decision on Wednesday evening, meaning it was 'far too late' for the Government to intervene.