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Video of P&O Ferries CEO projected onto Dover cliffs

Government
1 April 2022

A video of P&O Ferries chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite admitting breaking the law over the firing of 800 P&O employees has been screened onto the cliffs of Dover.

Unions have screened a video onto the cliffs of Dover following the sacking of 800 P&O Ferries workers

The video features Hebblethwaite telling MPs the company had broken the law by failing to consult unions, followed by his statement “I would make this decision again”.

The project was the result of contributions by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), European Transport Worker’s Federarion (ETF), Nautilus International, and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Worker (RMT). 

In a joint statement the unions said P&O Ferries had “set a dangerous precedent” and warned: “The government needs to act, and if the laws don’t protect us, the laws must change.”