O/T P & O Ferries Suspend Sailings, With All Staff Made Redundant.

[CAMiller]

ELK, it was reported that the replacement "workers" were already in Minibuses near the docks ready to move in. So they must have been in the UK already.......As immigrants can't work until they get permission to stay here, where the f*uck have they come from to accept £1.81 a hour??

Now my memory is not great but I'm sure I was paid more than £1.81 an hour when I got my first 'mans' job back in 1979 as a contractor/student worker during the BSC summer shutdown weeks. Anyone on here remember if they were being paid more than £1.81/hour 40+ years ago?

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

My first pay packet was in the old money.

[CAMiller]

My first pay packet was in the old money.

Groats?

[avondalemiller]

Indians brought in by offshore agencies, according to the Guardian

,,,,from where? How have they managed to get through Immigration? Only way i suppose is that they have visa's to visit/work in the UK. So they could really claim asylum when they get here, before they board the ship?
Very strange goings on here....................

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

,,,,from where? How have they managed to get through Immigration? Only way i suppose is that they have visa's to visit/work in the UK. So they could really claim asylum when they get here, before they board the ship?
Very strange goings on here....................

Indeed, but I’m only quoting from the Guardian, so it’s got to be true

Just seen that one of their ferries has been refused permission to leave harbour due to safety issues regarding crew training

[avondalemiller]

Indeed, but I’m only quoting from the Guardian, so it’s got to be true

Just seen that one of their ferries has been refused permission to leave harbour due to safety issues regarding crew training

Yeah, our lass has just read it out 2 mins after i'd posted the above. What did they expect, maybe an accident waiting to happen?? Hope not.

Northern Ireland by all accounts.

[wendun]

Now my memory is not great but I'm sure I was paid more than £1.81 an hour when I got my first 'mans' job back in 1979 as a contractor/student worker during the BSC summer shutdown weeks. Anyone on here remember if they were being paid more than £1.81/hour 40+ years ago?

Don't know hourly rate but in early 70s we reckoned £2000 a year was pretty good. In 1976-7 I worked for the council and got £1725 salary. The following year I worked in a record shop and was paid £25 per week, £1250 a year. In 1978 I landed a job in the Civil Service on £3650 pa.