Unions turned up the warmth on P&O and its companions by descending on the workplace of the corporate that helped rent a “scab workforce” to substitute Scots staff.
The RMT and Nautilus unions accuse P&O of “capitalist banditry” and declare that letting them get away with the sacking of 800 seafarers would open the floodgates to different grasping companies.
Protestors adopted up demos final week at UK ports, together with Cairnryan, by mobbing the workplace of Clyde Marine Recruitment in Govan, Glasgow. They're demanding staff be reinstated.
The RMT’s Scottish organiser Gordon Martin has additionally known as for the impounding of all P&O ships and boycott by the general public.
He additionally stated the unions would search to blockade the agency’s Cairnryan base on April 8.
A number of different unions, like GMB, Unison and EIS, gathered underneath the banner yesterday, in search of to outline P&O because the rogue firm that pushed issues too far in eroding staff rights, amid a value of dwelling disaster.
Martin stated: “Clyde Marine has been a facilitator for supplying a scab workforce to kill the roles for Scottish staff. That’s why we're right here at present.
“This firm has been a key a part of the provision chain and so they have profited as 800 staff within the UK had their jobs taken from them.
“We won't be leaving it right here. We might be again at Clyde Marine and we might be visiting the Scottish Tories, as they're a part of Tory efforts to kill the Commerce Union motion within the UK.”
He added: “If P&O will get away with this, they are going to be coming for everybody else who believes in staff’ rights and truthful pay and circumstances.
“This isn't even hearth and rehire it’s simply firing individuals when the roles are nonetheless there. It's a shame and we won't enable it to occur.”
The P&O scandal erupted after it emerged international staff had been being paid underneath £2 an hour to exchange lengthy serving UK employees.
The corporate’s chief government Peter Hebblethwaite poured oil on the flames after telling a UK parliamentary committee that P&O deliberately broke UK employment regulation - and would do it once more.
The bigwig - who faces an identical grilling at Holyrood at present (TUES) - additionally refused to say he would refuse a giant bonus from the corporate for being the hatchet man.
UK transport secretary Grant Shapps is tabling measures this week to forestall companies utilizing fire-and-rehire ways and to guard the minimal wage. He was yesterday holding discussions with rival operators DFDS and Stena Line at present in a bid to keep away from Easter chaos at UK ports.
MSP Monica Lennon stated the general public could be justified in boycotting P&O.
She stated: “This firm must be blacklisted. It's no shock to me that persons are selecting to stroll away from P&O.
“Any firm that treats its workers like this has no regard for the protection or wellbeing of the broader public.”
A spokesperson for Clyde Marine Recruitment emphatically denied being a part of any plot to eliminate P&O’s Scottish workforce.
A spokesman stated: “Clyde Marine Recruitment had no prior data of P&O’s plan and, having labored with P&O for near 4 many years, we absolutely recognize the anger being felt by all of these affected.
“A number of days earlier than the announcement, Clyde Marine Recruitment had been suggested by P&O that they required a further 18 crew for a particular vessel. Such requests aren't uncommon.
“An additional 23 crew had been requested by a third social gathering crew supervisor, Worldwide Ferry Administration, for a RoRo ferry administration undertaking requiring UK seafarers. That is nowhere close to the 800 crew we now have been wrongly accused of offering.
“Clyde Marine Recruitment has assisted to find over 15,000 positions for UK domiciled seafarers over the previous 5 years, with each member of employees paid UK market charges.
“All company employees equipped by Clyde Marine Recruitment to UK Ferry operators are paid the UK Dwelling Wage, with many paid significantly extra. We are going to proceed to work tirelessly to assist seafarers in search of positions with our shoppers.”
P&O’s European Causeway vessel is presently detained in Belfast over issues about sufficient coaching for the cut-price new crew.