The government has said it intends introducing legislation to ensure vessels calling at UK ports pay the minimum wage.
I can understand the reasons for doing this, which is admirable, but I'm not sure this will be productive, especially in respect of foreign owned and crewed vessels that have absolutely nothing to do with the UK, beyond bringing the goods we need.
In respect of P&O Ferries, it may even make things worse, if it's not already too late to save the jobs of those already sacked. The CEO is on record as saying that this process was a last resort in order to keep the company afloat. If they re-employ the sacked staff, then the company may have to go into liquidation, resulting in even more job losses in the supply chain in the ports used by P%O Ferries. It all depends on whether the CEO was telling the truth.
I would suggest that one way of making this work, if the CEO is being truthful, is to nationalise P&O Ferries, but that's ideologically impossible for the Conservatives.
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It is a blatant attempt by Shapps / Al de Pf et al trying to deflect attention away from the fact that the only reason the UK is in the current situation with P&O is Brexit. How many non Brits did P&O sack? None.
Are the replacement crews on less than minimum wages? No.well above it. So this is a diversion, something Al de Pf is infamous for doing.
The unions don’t want to state this as they were pro-Leave to escape the EU’s regulations. The very regulations that prevent this sort of scam.
Why should shipowners based elsewhere pay the same wages as those in the UK? What is the minimum wage in Bangladesh? $0.09. PRC – $0.94. Georgia – $0.05. Philippines – $1.3.
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