Statement by East Antrim TUV Assembly candidate Norman Boyd:
“Today’s announcement by P & O to sack its U.K. workforce and replace it with cheap foreign labour is an absolutely scandalous betrayal of British workers.
“Everything about this this shameful. Neither staff nor customers had any notice of what was taking place with people hearing that something was afoot by way of the media rather than any announcement by the company.
“There is an urgent need for the government, at national level, to put in place legislation which prevents staff being treated in such a shabby fashion”.
Mid and East Antrim deputy Mayor Matthew Armstrong who works in the transport industry added:
“This has been done shamefully. Government – including council – now needs to step up to the plate and seek to do what we can to deliver who have been treated so shamefully by their employer.”