P&O sackings ‘absolutely outrageous’, says union boss 

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, told British MPs that P&O Ferries 'made flagrant breaches of the law'

A union boss has told MPs that the decision by P&O Ferries to sack 800 seafarers without notice was ‘absolutely outrageous’. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

The decision by P&O Ferries to sack 800 seafarers without notice was “absolutely outrageous”, a union boss has said.

Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), told British MPs that P&O Ferries “made flagrant breaches of the law”.