Politicians and trade union leaders join rallies in Dover, Hull, Liverpool and Larne over mass sacking
Despite speaking out against P&O and holding up a RMT poster against the “jobs carve up”, Elphicke was barracked by some of the protesters. “You voted for hire and rehire,” one shouted. “Tory anti-union laws allow bosses to get away with this”, another said.The demonstrations against P&O were backed by aby the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the bishop of Dover, Rose Hudson-Wilkin. “Ill treating workers is not just business. In God’s eyes, it is sin,” it said.
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