Union reps to brief Stormont on legal plans against P&O

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Union representatives are set to brief a Stormont committee on its plans to launch a legal challenge against ferry giant P&O after it sacked 800 workers

Ulster Unionist Mike Nesbitt said unions will be given the opportunity to"vent their anger" against the"Orwellian" treatment of P&O workers.

"I think we have to give them an opportunity to vent against this Orwellian treatment by P&O, and also brief us on their plans because they are thinking of a legal challenge. Stewart Dickson, the Alliance Party MLA in East Antrim who also sits on the Assembly's economy committee, described the treatment of workers as"absolutely brutal".

"A lot of it comes down to the way in which UK employment law actually operates. This company has factored in the real cost of this.

 

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