P&O Uses Indian Seafarers ‘Earning Less Than £2 an Hour’ After Sacking UK Staff

P&O European Causeway ferry docked at Larne Port, Northern Ireland, on March 17, 2022. PA

Indian seafarers hired to replace sacked P&O Ferries crews are being paid just 2.38 US dollars (£1.81) an hour, a union has claimed.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), which represented many of the 800 staff fired without notice last week, said their replacements are being paid well below the minimum wage in the UK.