P&O and Cunard prepare to fire and rehire more than 900 UK staff

[Rob Lightbody]

P&O and Cunard prepare to fire and rehire more than 900 UK staff

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/23/po-cruises-and-cunard-prepares-to-fire-and-rehire-more-than-900-uk-staff

[Lynda Bradford]

BBC Business News have also reported quoting both Union and Carnival statements on proposed changes to terms and conditions. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67516276

[Peter Mugridge]

The irony, after P&O went to such great lengths last year to distance themselves from P&O Ferries when that lot did the exact same thing...

[QE2forever]

Strong denial from Cunard/P&O: “You may have seen factually inaccurate and misleading media reports today which are causing us significant reputational harm”:

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/carnival-and-nautilus-agree-to-work-together-on-cunard-p-o-crew-contract

[cunardqueen]

Strong denial from Cunard/P&O: “You may have seen factually inaccurate and misleading media reports today which are causing us significant reputational harm”:   

Didnt Captain Smith say "All that can be done will be done" but the ship still sank anyway
And cast our minds back to when QE2 had her reengineering in 86/87 . and some of the crew were re-employed under different contracts/ cheaper wages and more recently when the ships were all reflagged under Bermuda, under the guise of being able to perform Weddings at sea.