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⛴️ Lifeboat falls off low wage P&O ferry:

"Nothing could demonstrate @POferries contempt for maritime safety standards more spectacularly..."

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MARITIME union @RMTunion has written to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) today after it was reported that a lifeboat had fallen off the new @POferries vessel P&O Pioneer using low paid agency crew.
Accidents involving lifeboats are one of the most common causes of injuries and fatalities amongst #Seafarers in the shipping industry.
All crew working on @POferries are low paid agency crew, predominantly recruited overseas by Maltese crewing agent IFM. IFM was set up to supply agency labour to P&O Ferries before the unlawful dismissal of nearly 800 directly employed UK ratings and officers last March.
.@RMTunion general secretary Mick Lynch said that this sort of corner cutting on basic maritime safety was typical of @POferries.
🗣️"Nothing could demonstrate @POferries contempt for maritime safety standards more spectacularly, especially when you take into account the knackering 17 week contracts low paid agency crew are working on P&O, including those registered under the Cypriot flag of convenience..."
Read more about this story here;
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