Statement in response to P&O Ferries announcement of job losses

All of us in Dover and especially at the Town Council are shocked and alarmed by the redundancies at P&O Ferries this past week. The impact on both the company’s employees and our whole community cannot be overstated.

Sídlo P&O a jeho flotila trajektů přes kanál jsou každodenními památkami ve městě a mnoha místními pracovními příležitostmi, proto, domácnosti byly podporovány přímo i nepřímo trajektovými službami z našeho přístavu.

The way in which the news was broken to the employees has been unfair and inhuman – every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect in such a difficult situation. We empathise with and pledge our support to all those households which now face an uncertain and difficult future.

Strašný nedostatek respektu k britským pracovníkům, který projevili majitelé a vedení P&O Ferries je umocněn jejich navrhovaným využitím náhradní posádky na moři, all of whom will receive lower wages and fewer benefits and protections purely because of their ethnicity or place of origin. This is unacceptable exploitation.

Očekáváme, že vláda udělá vše, co je v jejích silách, aby propuštěným zaměstnancům poskytla nápravu, potrestat P&O for its lack of humanity and regard for the spirit of British legislation and to prevent this sort of employment abuse from happening again.

In the meantime, we pledge not to use P&O Ferries to show our support for the dismissed employees until that company reverts to proper employment practices.