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Sep 09
Seventy jobs face the axe at P&O
Cross-Channel ferry-operator P&O Ferries could axe up to 70 jobs as part of its latest cost-cutting measures.
The money-saving proposal was announced today (Wednesday, September 8) and it will focus mainly on head-office operations in Dover, which employs 475 people.
The company has reviewed its organisational structures and its spending to identify areas where costs can be reduced – P&O says this will allow it to be more competitive with its cross-Channel rivals.
The proposed job cuts were put to members of staff and their representatives at meeting today, informing them that up to 70 employees in the company’s shore-based support functions, such as IT, finance and call centres, could be axed.
P&O employees were told that the company was reviewing the future of its final-salary pension-scheme arrangements.
Steve Todd, national maritime secretary at the RMT union, said: “This is another kick in the teeth for the British ferry industry and another kick in the teeth for the Port of Dover.
“There is a salami-slicing of jobs being implemented across the industry that will have long-term implications for shipping in the UK.
“Dover is now facing the twin threat of repeated job losses and reductions in service from the ferry operators and an ill-conceived privatisation plan that combined could seriously jeopardise the whole future of the port.”
Consultations on the proposals will take place from Monday next week (September 13).
The money-saving proposal was announced today (Wednesday, September 8) and it will focus mainly on head-office operations in Dover, which employs 475 people.
The company has reviewed its organisational structures and its spending to identify areas where costs can be reduced – P&O says this will allow it to be more competitive with its cross-Channel rivals.
The proposed job cuts were put to members of staff and their representatives at meeting today, informing them that up to 70 employees in the company’s shore-based support functions, such as IT, finance and call centres, could be axed.
P&O employees were told that the company was reviewing the future of its final-salary pension-scheme arrangements.
Steve Todd, national maritime secretary at the RMT union, said: “This is another kick in the teeth for the British ferry industry and another kick in the teeth for the Port of Dover.
“There is a salami-slicing of jobs being implemented across the industry that will have long-term implications for shipping in the UK.
“Dover is now facing the twin threat of repeated job losses and reductions in service from the ferry operators and an ill-conceived privatisation plan that combined could seriously jeopardise the whole future of the port.”
Consultations on the proposals will take place from Monday next week (September 13).
Source: kentnews.co.uk
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