Ferry company threatens to sue over claims staff get less than €2 an hour

MANAGEMENT at a ferry company last night threatened to sue union representatives who claimed workers were being paid less than €2 an hour.

Ferry company threatens to sue over claims staff get less than €2 an hour

Swansea Cork Ferries said the claim was deliberately aimed at scuttling a service worth €35 million annually to the economy.

A spokesperson for the ferry company said it was initiating legal proceedings against the International Transport Workers Federation and other named people following, what it claimed, were “wholly inaccurate remarks” made by union officials at a press conference held yesterday in Connolly Hall, Cork.

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