with p&0 ferries. the firm said its action were necessary to secure the future of the company. here s our business correspondent theo leggett. comrades, brothers and sisters. angry workers in hull today protesting against p&0 ferries. the demonstrations are expected in dover, liverpool and larne. until yesterday, many of these people had jobs working aboard the company s vessels. now they are unemployed. 800 staff were abruptly laid off, theirjob is taken by agency workers as part of a cost cutting drive. p&0 ferries is not the first company to try to save money by firing staff or changing their contracts, and it certainly won t be the last. but what is different here is the way that it s gone about it. staff were given no notice, there was no consultation, they were fired on the spot, and that s causing a huge amount of bitterness and anger. p&0 insists it had no choice, it says it lost huge sums during the pandemic
and could supersized heat pumps help us move away from needing russian gas? later in the bbc news channel. demonstrations are taking place in dover, hull and liverpool after the ferry company p&0 announced it was sacking 800 employees without any notice and replacing them with cheaper agency workers. the government says said it will review its contracts with p&0 ferries. the firm said its action were necessary to secure the future of the company. here s our business correspondent theo leggett. comrades, brothers and sisters. angry workers in hull today protesting against p&0 ferries. the
the ferry company p&0 announced via a video message it was sacking 800 employees without any notice. the government says said it will review its contracts with p&0 ferries. the uk transport secretary has written to the company, saying its behaviour is completely unacceptable . the firm said its action were necessary to secure the future of the company. a reminder that you can keep across all the developments on the russia ukraine war by going to our website. there, we have a live page which is updated with latest reports from our correspondents on the ground. that s all on the bbc news website or download the bbc news app. don t forget you can get in touch with me on twitter i m @kacungira.
asking this, is this legal, what kind of contract have the staff been on? ~ ., , kind of contract have the staff been on? i ., , , ., kind of contract have the staff been on? , on? we don t believe it is legal and we think it is on? we don t believe it is legal and we think it is illegal on? we don t believe it is legal and we think it is illegal and on? we don t believe it is legal and we think it is illegal and morally - we think it is illegal and morally reprehensible. i have been in this game for a0 years and the industry never ceases to surprise and shock me on occasion, but this is a new low for a proud maritime nation like the uk, a once proud company p&0, it is truly shocking. i m absolutely stunned and i echo what darren proctor said down in dover, and i said my send my best wishes to him and his colleagues making a stand in dover. you him and his colleagues making a stand in dover. stand in dover. you are talking about making stand in dover. you are talking abo
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m lucy hockings. our top stories: ukrainian authorities have begun rescuing people from a bomb shelter at a mariupol theatre, which they say was hit by russian shells. moscow denies attacking it. i mjames reynolds in lviv, with the latest on that attack in mariupol and the wider conflict in ukraine. a standing ovation for ukraine s leader at the german bundestag. president zelensky says that sanctions are not enough to end the conflict. the british ferry company p&0 has suspended sailings ahead of what they ve called a major announcement .