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WATCH: Tory MP heckled by P&O protestors over fire and rehire practices

"She tries to join in the chant of 'shame on you' before realising it's aimed at her. Lovely stuff," one Twitter user noted.

Andra Maciuca by Andra Maciuca
2022-03-20 09:52
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A Tory MP was heckled by union members who shouted “you voted for fire and rehire” at a P&O protest.

It comes after the UK shipping company, which has been owned by a Dubai firm since 2019, suddenly fired 800 people.

Dover MP Natalie Elphicke attempted to join the protest against the sackings, but was met with people chanting against her.

One person shouted “you voted for fire and rehire” before others joined in to tell Elphicke “shame on you”.

Elphicke appears to not realise that the shouting was directed at her and joined in chanting “shame on you”, before scuttling away from the crowd.

“I will be marching for the jobs in Dover, for the people of Dover and this disgusting behaviour of P&O. I am here for the people of Dover,” she said.

But someone at the protest replied: “No you’re not.”

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Reactions and WATCH:

Hundreds of people reacted to Elphicke’s presence at the protest, with one Twitter user saying: “What you voted for in actual real life, affecting actual real people.”

Another person said “P&O workers and all people of Dover should now FIRE HER AND REHIRE a caring MP who didn’t vote like her for the degrading and medieval low of “fire and rehire”.

Tory MP tries to join in the chant of "shame on you" before realising it's aimed at her. Lovely stuff https://t.co/6yEh2SIBjN

— f47head (@F47HEAD) March 19, 2022

What you voted for in actual real life, affecting actual real people #ShameOnYou @NatalieElphicke https://t.co/8esO7xj7J5

— Zoe Chalk 💙 (@BristolZoe) March 19, 2022

P&O workers and all people of #Dover should now FIRE HER AND REHIRE a caring MP who didn't vote like her for the degrading and medieval low of "fire and Rehire" https://t.co/4sBCGLU9lU

— BREXIT IS WRONG. (@zuklo) March 19, 2022

Fire and rehire

The scandal comes just five months after Tory MPs rejected a bid to make ‘fire and rehire’ practices illegal.

Labour MP Barry Gardiner, who attempted to outlaw the practice of companies firing workers and then rehiring them on worse terms and conditions, said the P&O actions are “disgraceful” and show “how employers are abusing the laws around fire and rehire”.

But according to The Mirror, a Whitehall source claimed the P&O sackings were not a case of firing and rehiring but that the firm seemed to fire its staff and hire other workers on less money.

Meanwhile, No10 contradicted Whitehall’s strong rejection, saying the government would be analysing whether the company’s actions count as ‘fire and rehire’.

Boris Johnson’s spokesperson said: “There are rules around fire and rehire. There are rules around notifying relevant government departments when you are making redundancies, and obviously there are the contracts that we have with the company.

“We are looking at all of those issues before deciding what steps (to take). We will find out the facts and see if they have complied with the law.”

A leaked memo written by a senior Whitehall official and quoted by The Sunday Times was reportedly “widely shared across the government” before the workers were notified about the termination of their employment.

“This proves the government was not only aware of P&O ferries’ scandalous action but complicit in it,” Louise Haigh, Labour’s shadow transport secretary, said, as quoted by The Guardian.

Related: David Frost admits his Brexit deal is hurting musicians with red tape

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