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After P&O the government needs to do more for seafarers
To close employment law loopholes and build a fairer ferries industry, we need new legislation that ups the legal penalties to ensure no company can buy its way out of consultation with the unions again, writes MARK DICKINSON
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MARCH 17 2022 is a day that will live in infamy in the history of the British maritime industry.

This is the date on which 800 loyal and dedicated British seafarers were discarded by P&O Ferries without any regard for them, their families and their communities.

A once renowned company saw its reputation shattered in the space of a three-minute Zoom call.

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