£1.80 an hour

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Matesrates

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Reports that the agents taken on by P & O are paying their staff £1.80 an hour. How can that be? Why would anyone work for that when they can sit at home on universal credit and do odd jobs cash in hand.
 
Matesrates said:
Reports that the agents taken on by P & O are paying their staff £1.80 an hour. How can that be? Why would anyone work for that when they can sit at home on universal credit and do odd jobs cash in hand.
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First question, what's the source for that claim?
 
I heard it on the News as well. I think the source might have been the workers themselves? I thought they said £2-80 an hour though?
 
Been happening for years on all cruise liners getting in cheap Phillapeans labour etc.
The way this lot have gone about it stinks the place out though.
 
About 5 years ago I was talking to a guy from Zimbabwe who said some tobacco plantation workers were only getting the equivalent of 50p a day !
 
There are plenty of other P&O employees brought in from India on third world wages plus bed and board.
 
Don't know what the fuss is about. When I were a lad I worked down pit for 27 hours a day and if I didn't perform I were whipped within an inch of my life. Bloody snowflakes this lot moaning about being paid.
 
And this -
800 P&O Ferries workers fired suddenly last week are only being given redundancy pay on the condition they sign Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), according to the Transport Secretary. For the benefit of Lost that is Grant Shapps (source) as reported by sky news. They stoop so low they must be crawling on their bellies.

Out of interest Lost do you have any evidence that the £1.80 quoted is fake news. It is being widely reported on most news websites. These workers are being hired in India where 1.80 might be considered a good wage. I sincerely hope that there will be no UK visas handed out to any of these workers.
 
Shandypants said:
Don't know what the fuss is about. When I were a lad I worked down pit for 27 hours a day and if I didn't perform I were whipped within an inch of my life. Bloody snowflakes this lot moaning about being paid.
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Well thanks to Thatcher you can’t even get the pleasure of a good whipping now, but thanks to the New Brexit or Net Zero Crowd led by Farage (if he can find a venue willing to have him so he can launch his “Vote (White?) Power Not Poverty” campaign, the pits will soon be re-opened and whippings are back on the menu!

I can expect a backlash for this post methinks.
 
Bottle said:
Well thanks to Thatcher you can’t even get the pleasure of a good whipping now, but thanks to the New Brexit or Net Zero Crowd led by Farage (if he can find a venue willing to have him so he can launch his “Vote (White?) Power Not Poverty” campaign, the pits will soon be re-opened and whippings are back on the menu!

I can expect a backlash for this post methinks.
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Can't wait to get me old job back. If you were one of the lucky ones you'd also get a dose of rickets
 
What happened to the high wage economy Brexiteers were saying would be a bonus of Brexit (ignorantly overlooking the ability of companies being able to survive when paying high wages)?
 
Trammo said:
About 5 years ago I was talking to a guy from Zimbabwe who said some tobacco plantation workers were only getting the equivalent of 50p a day !
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50p is not correct and they are Tobacco Farms not plantations.
They also have free housing for their workers, wives and children, a clinic and schools.
 
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