Just Labour MPs wiping the floor with P&O boss over abysmal working conditions
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- The Chief Exec of P&O Peter Hebelthwaite was in front of a gaggle of Labour MPs at the Business Committee this week, where he got absolutely hammered over the company's business practice.
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If anybody wants to know what the face of evil looks like, just watch his face.
He's about as oily and slippery as you can get.
You are right labour are evil
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Despite the way he acted prior, what is covered within this video with regards to maritime labour is all legally correct, seafarers can work 11 months a year and in much worse conditions than what is provided to their staff. I once did 5 months without stepping foot off the ship….working every day.
P&O should be barred from operating in uk waters.
This Tory Government are in cahoots with DP ports who own P&O!
Couldn't agree more! What a vile man he is. He has no shame.
Correction. This CEO should never be allowed to run another company again.
Idiot! The uk government should bring back the merchant navy with British seafarers, but the politicians and oligarchs need their profit.
@@bluebottle1617 Why is the government not applying the fit and proper person rules to this ghoul?
I For One Will Never Ever Sail On P&O Ferries ... Absolutely Disgusting Behaviour !!!
All ships mate. Almost all tourist vessels pay like this. He's literally pointing you to check out all other operators, and like a sheep you're all focusing on PandO.
Ever wondered why?
And these Oligarchs full of money are called Businessmen. Possibly Organized Cartels, made to make huge profit.profits, on the backs of the workers😢😢😢
not workers... SLAVES
So 2.5-9 days off per month, less than £5 p/h (yet he's 'proud' that P&O pay higher than international standards!) essentially held 'prisoner' on board...........capitalism at it's finest.
I've no doubt he's proud of his paycheck, with little else mattering after
It's sad as the international standard seems to be based from pay in 3rd world countries, yet these people charge first World prices
@@josephjones1093 100% When he kept going on about 'you can't compare apples to pears(?)' that really got me angry!
@@DinnenG You could see it in his dead eyes! What a boss to work for eh??
Working away from home, 12hr shift for about £13k a year and have poor job security. This is modern slavery.
Peter Hebelthwaite answer questions almost like a robot.
He doesn't give two shades of cheetah shit for his employees.
P&O should never be allowed to trade and pay wages like this.
hes ego is right up there too. hes totally overjoyed that theres one thing he didnt do wrong. that doesnt make the rest of it go away and him a winner. hes a lunatic i think.
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Warning to the younger generation. This is what will happen to you if you ever let the Tories run this country ever again.
And that they should get into organised labour and start developing some proper solidarity among the waged!
Scotland never voted the tories since 1955 and I hate the Tories but to think labour going to be better your out of your Mind there bigger tories than what the tories are …. Scumbags the lot of them
What do Labour or the Tories have to do with it?
Oooh for fuck's sake !🙄@@onenote6619
What do the government of this country have to do with the rules in our waters??? Should have a bit to say yes.@@onenote6619
Wiping the floor !!??no threat of jail,no justice,disgusting practice , a modern day slave employer!!!
"The Dubai-based owner of P&O Ferries has been accused of behaving like “corporate gangsters” after celebrating record-breaking profits just months after sacking 800 of its UK-based workers without notice."
Dubai is a shith#le, with an appalling human rights record.
P&O shouldn’t be allowed to dock in the UK. If they’re in the UK, they get at least minimum UK wage.
They do get minimum wage in UK waters, weren't you listening?
@@TuntunGamer they don’t get the same working hour conditions, holiday leave etc.
This is serfdom.
@@TuntunGamer Not jet
@@derekmiller6091
I'm beginning to think we have never evolved away from being serfs.
The Conservatives Have Allowed This To Happen !!!
Probably donated to them.
Sadly fully endorsed by Liebour.
Tories were made aware before the lay offs and supported it.
Security were present and personal belongings not allowed off.
P&O is the model for Singapore on Thames do you remember that
I was not only aware but personally connected
@@TheJon2442Super edgy 😂
@shaunwoods. It was probably their idea.
Cold black evil eyes. I would be terrified to let this man anywhere near people I loved. Why do the tories love him so much
He does give of that psycho serial k1ller vibe doesn't he.
I met him onboard about 4 days before I got sacked, had the stone face on and tried telling me to pick up a bit of rubbish off the club lounge floor as i was going to clean the toilets. I just laughed and said " No im too busy" acted like he was god.
eugenics is the selective breeding of humans designed to increase iw and greed while desteoying all traces of poverty disability etc.
problem is they need the workers to make their money. it was j. kellogs whole drama. couldnt abide looking at the "godless masses" in the town outside his mansion. he hated them with all his heart so he tried to stop them having kids by poisoning and sterilizing them with vitamin overdoses (cornflakes).
the mansion he wouldnt be sat in without those workers.
eugenicists have major issues.
Becuase the Tories are just as evil as he is.
He will do there evil work
This individual is a shame to his company and he is paid five hundred thousands pounds a year, when the ships crew receive less than the minimum wage and are treated disgracefully. SHAME ON YOU….
Nothing short of slave labour. The Tories allowed this to happen. Absolutely disgraceful behaviour that I've come to expect from the super rich companies and the Tory party.
I can't believe that a P&O are allowed to operate
The Chairman of the Commitee is a Tory and he spent 11minutes grilling the CEO on wages, so please do some research. FYI.that clip of.the tory chairman of the commitee was pisted by the same person.
What part is slave labour? Perhaps read the marine labour convention, no part of what p&o do for their terms and conditions of contracts what is described here is illegal….
Nothing to do with conservatives.
@@naidoo15 Rubbish. Would you work for that pittance? I think not. Grant shapps had a lot to do with it as a matter of fact.
Nairoo your talking abouslute crap...
The look of a guilty man. Evasiveness and dishonesty, shine out of him. He quotes maritime regulations but does not categorically state that P&O implement these? The exploitation of workers happens here and must be addressed by Labour, if they are to have any legitimate claim to the name!
Of course p&o implement these 😅 they operate ships flagged and certified by cyprus and are also inspected by the British and the French.
Painful reading comments of people who have no idea about maritime conventions or any U.K. legislation.
He should be made to work on his ships under the conditions he stated are okay. He's just typical of an overpaid obfuscating greedy CEO.
Imagine having the legacy that this man has as CEO. A terrible example of modern day slavery and where shareholder returns are driving a shocking abuse of workers.
Wiped the floor means made slightly uncomfortable nowadays?
it means winning every argument thrown down. which they did. they wiped the floor with him because he never got back up after the first legal punch was thrown.
What's the point in these enquiries the government doesn't do anything about it anyway. It's just a waste of time
He 'doesn't know' a lot does he.
They never do. Either they're lying through their teeth or we need root and branch reform of executive pay, because the obscene salaries offered seem to regularly fail to get "the best people".
That man's face is the face of a businessman that is fully and totally under the spell of the widely discredited notion of shareholder primacy. His company's priorities are not its staff, product / service quality and customers, it's an upbeat short-term shareholder dividend result. Too many crap bosses are under the spell of shareholder primacy policy and they need to snap out of it because it's short-term thinking at the expense of long term, sustainable health of your business.
International sea committee. Im guessing takes the avarge wage of the poorest countries to set its rate.
But then ports in some of the most expensive places for the days off.
This is a perfect example of someone who would steal candy from a baby and justify it.
Just how do you justify paying £4.87 per hour.
One word: 'shareholders'
Dubai owners
Because the amount is still higher per hour then what they would get if they worked in their own country
Anyone operating a business in or out of this country should have to pay minimum wage finished full stop, end of. They also need to pay tax here. This filthy greed needs to stop.
Slavery simple as thought that Great Britain didn't allow that .😮🤬
normal labour run britain yeah. but these are eugenicists tories. equivelant the the american gop. (our unwanted nazis)
Speaks volumes about our country that he thinks any of this would wash. He thinks people can't do the maths on things like rolling holiday pay into hourly pay.
It should be that any staff employed, sailing from UK ports, should have to adhere to UK employment law. The government could pass this law if they wanted
Nationalise it . Put it under a british flag
They will never do that!
@@robertallardice8119It's a good idea, though.
Its owned by the Saudis
used to be under British flag then got moved to Cyprus flag after Brexit
@@domb8448 Not correct! P&O are owned by the Dubai Government!
Thank you so much for bringing this horrible horrific situation on ships for crew it's modern day slavery
Apart from making them feel uncomfortable for a short while, are there any real sanctions that can be taken against people like this?
This is the thing. Labour will probably capitulate to them once in power
The government will do nothing, but customers are free to choose a different operator for some routes. If you have a choice, choose the competition.
@@keithparker1346Labour have always been more for the working man. Tories? NO.
@@janetmalcolm6191 not now imo. You want good pay and conditions ...join a union...unions which Labour tell their own MPs not to support
@@keithparker1346Well where is Acas in all this? They still help with workplace difficulties and bad situations. I have used them twice myself with a good result. This rubbish can't continue.
They could not have done this in Calais, all the vessels were brought into Dover.
Make sure you know the truth
The P& O chin boy would make a great politician he has all the needed traits.
Tory Politian
Wonder if he would do an 8 hour day for £2.86 p/h?
£2.18 is the min standard these people are happy with.
AND NOTHING WILL BE DONE......Let's see the financials of P&O. How much went to stockholders, especially since the fire and rehire bollocks after we left the EU. Claw it back. And here's a thing. I live in Luxembourg, and I drink with the head of operations for Cobelfret that, among other routes, operates out of Lisbon, Porto, Santander on the Biscay lines into UK and Ireland. The likes of P&O are allowing the buyside of the freight market to keep freights artifically low.
Irish ferries started this practice of sacking British and Irish workers and replaced them with people actually from the EU, Latvia to be precise. It's got nothing to do with membership of the EU. It's done under international maritime law.
Why is P&O still allowed to function, its beyond me why the company hasn't been boycotted!!
The CEO is destroying his company’s reputation with every word he says. Long may it continue.
What a slimeball
I worked for p.o. stena line and not had a problem then .
P.o alone ruined it all in Dover years ago
I worked for Townsend Thoresen, before they were bought by P&O, and it's been downhill ever since. They've done this before. If you cast your minds back to the late 80s, they sacked all their staff, and tried to force them to sign back on, on a new and much worse contract. There was a very acrimonious strike, but they got away with it.
And here we are again...
And it'll carry on, in many many other institutions. Because he'll saunter out of there to his Jaguar, his enormous property portfolio and diverse pension wealth will be intact and nothing will change. He does NOT care and why would he? There's no consequences to *MAKE* him care and until there are why would anyone like him change?
Don't use P&O they are the worst
This bloke should be on £5 an hour
You're to kind
i wouldnt hire him
As evil and utterly reprehensible this is ,these employment practices have been commonplace across the board irrespective of the flag under which they fly. UK politics have nothing to do with this unfortunately.
I agree with you, as much as the general public might not like it, they're not breaking any law, that's just how it is.
they do in uk waters. unfortunately for p.o. if they want to operate in the uk they have to abide by uk law also. you dont just ignore one law because you prefer the other, that would be stupid.
He just keeps reading the same carefully, legally agreed statement. He did not deny the ITV and Guardian findings because he knows they are probably true. Saying workers are “contracted” to have 7 or 9 days off a month, doesn’t mean they actually get 7 or 9 days off a month.
"That is not True" Yes it was I was there, 20 mins notice then marched off the ship.😢😢
These people will find any crack to show their behaviour in a good light, any technicality or minor point. You can tell it is typical corporate speak, emphasise the "good points" (I mean trying to show their pay rates as a positive thing when they are quite disgusting) and completely deflect from their shittier behaviour or just pretend it didn't happen. And whilst people just let this happen, things will continue to get worse. They may have met their legal obligations but morally speaking they are utterly bankrupt. Will try and avoid P&O wherever possible.
@@richardharrison903 yeah no one's done nothing about it since, awful really, ive got French mates on French contracts who still work there, as the French government protect their workers.
@@nbaballers2277 Yeah, we need to start cooperating with our neighbours again on a meaningful level. Even if we're remaining out of the EU, trade and cooperation with them is our lifeblood and those relationships have been massively damaged. And this is one situation where cooperating and tightening up is required. If they're operating such a service, they should adhere to the employment laws of both countries as it is a short ferry service between two close countries.
@richardharrison903 They seem to do all this on technicalities. They are on there for 17 weeks at a time, one day off a month. My best mate still works there and its difficult to keep standards up as the workers are fatigued and genuwinly dont care as they are paid so little. Ive seen them down the port drunk as hell sleeping in the service area before they go onboard after their one day off a month. Its awful really, a bad accident is going to happen.
Yes, but how many people this summer will book with P&O to save a few quid?
Not me. I’ve boycotted them since this outrage.
Despicable company and leader.
C. U. N. Tuesday 😮
I met this bloke he is a total one,
Sieze the company and its assets with zero compensation and employ British workers to British standards. Simple
Nothing came from the fire and rehire . We were sickened and lots of angry words were thrown around and then we ate our dinner .
Again this comes to light , nothing will change … no one seems to care .
Tomorrow it will be a something else.
How long before someone manages to dig out that P&O has written the international seafaring convention or something?
how can you tell peter hebelthwaite is lieing he opens his mouth .
hand shakes his head when he tries to affirm a positive
God. Of all the CEOs, of all the companies, this guy has to be the most slimiest.
WOULD HE LETS HIS KIDS GO AN WORK FOR P&O
This loathsome excuse for a human should be in jail. Let's make it happen and start a 38 degrees petition. At the very least destroy P&O as a business in the UK.
He doesn't give a flying crap because he worships money above everything else.
Once a crook always a crook, broke the law in 2022 by not negotiating with RMT and totally blanked them got away with it,and still getting away with whatever he likes asked if an independent party could come and ask crew very quick to refuse makes you wonder what he is hiding hopefully this parliament panel will investigate into his actions further.
17:13 They won't be able to afford genuine Feta on those wages, it'll have to be ALDI 'Greek style salad chesse'
The trouble is nothing will ever be done about this, he will get a slap on the wrists and walk away to carry on as you were. Hebelthwaite should be fired and all remuneration should be stopped. Then there should be a big change in the employment regulations in order that employees receive at least the UK minimum wage end off !!!!
How does this thing sleep at night
He could easily be the boss of a workhouse from the 1850's
Remember that the now Labour MP for Dover voted to support the use of Fire and Rehire by the likes of P&O.
They did the same after the Falklands War, they did it in the 1980s, and that's why we have no merchant fleet, an island without ships, amazing
lets remember this is all the tories and theyve been in absolute power for 15 long years while labour watched. this is eugenicists. youd have to be insane to vote for eugenicists.
my merchant navy grandfather hated the tories also :)
Working conditions are turning Victorian again, with speed. It can't be denied by anybody any longer.
They have been getting Victorian for a few years now. Even here in UK. Nobody noticing. About 5 years ago my company had a new owner. He changed everyone's contract to everything bad. No set hours. Things you had to do not in your contract before. Work on days unsuitable for that employee. Plus cut down staff to work on your own instead of two people. How is that right? When queried he was not happy. People told to just sign it. Employers are getting away with things now. Like rules no.longet
I've never understood 'second to none', surely none (in this case, lack of rights), is bad, and second to none, means even worse 🤔.. Plus they ask what the lowest wage is, but didn't ask what the highest wage is, and the percentage of workers who receive it.
Second to none means no one is above them. They do not finish second when compared to anyone
The face of the dark side.
Step into the light people. general strike.
We’ve being telling MP this for years…..but the Nelson’s eye has been turned. Out of sight out of mind.
3:44...I work in a port....it was 100% true.
I WILL NOT EVER book a holiday with this company until they pay a decent wage and not a pittance! It shouldn't be allowed!!
Click bait! This is not ‘wiping the floor with’
How does he do this may god have mercy on him
Throw this man in jail !
I have voted Conservative most of my life. Never again!!!
Listening to this I could have been born from between 1526 to 1867 joining the 12.5 Million sold in the Slave Trade!!!
I thought we were living in 2024?
Boycott P & O! £5 per hour!!!
The most incompetent CEO I’ve ever seen speak, and I’ve reported to C-Suite for years
There MUST be a proper investigation - this nan is a liar.
That labour MP is the most geordie bloke ive ever heard, and im from newcastle 😂 what a geezer
P&O have made a remarkable discovery that the cost to 'import' and host workers from accross the world is cheaper than having UK/EU citizens who have workers rights, the solution to this abysmal bevahour is that P&O should be compelled to give workers the same rights as UK citizens for as long as it operates in UK waters as a ferry provider - fair time off, miniumn wage, working time regs etc.
He can afford - if he wanted - very expensive escorts in very expensive hotels, to gift them with diamonds and bank transfers. His workers are paid well below minimum rate.
I will never use this company again even if they paid me to.
Tory Britain at its finest.
Why do people sell their soul ???
someone wants you all to think nothing will be done about this apparently.
I'd like to know what the agency receives per hour for the crew and what their margins are???
Boycott P&O
I really hope a lot of haulage firms,and holiday makers avoid P&O like the plague!!
The shame belongs not on on Peter Hebelthwaite but also it's customer.....
We all saw the pictures of masked elm going onto ships to remove staff.... this guy is a typical Tory lovey.... Profit comes first... it's staff can go do one......
Hebelthwaite will absolutely get a bonus this year. Why? Because he took the flak from this committee and absolutely nothing will change. The people who pay his wage want nothing to change. The MPs interrogating him have no leverage whatsoever. Like it or not, he did his job and blanked the committee. If P&O customers do something, then things might change. Otherwise, they will not. Vile? Yes. But this is how the law currently works. It amused me when the lady committee member asked Hebelthwaite to throw his company under a bus, assuming he had a moral compass.
You should be ashamed of yourself as a company, will never again!!
I've never before heard the costs of holiday pay and overtime being rolled into the hourly rate for basic hours worked. It can only be done to make the pay sound slightly less attrocious.
They are paid less than £3 ph - end of story.
They are working 12 hour shifts 7 days a week until they get a block of days off ashore where, unable to afford accommodation, many of them sleep rough.
He said that when UK law demands he will pay the national minimum wage. That is an open admission that they can afford to do so, but are deliberately choosing to treat these people with a lack of humanity.
Just because they contract in those 7 or 9 days doesn't mean anyone is allowed to take them. The reason that anecdote about a person working the full time without taking a day is probably based in the work culture. I guarantee it has the unwritten rule of "if you take any of the time, you're gone. Replaced sooner than you otherwise might be"
It could be even less than £2.90 per hour because he keeps saying 'depending on exchange rates' which fluctuate. He keeps talking about 'consolidated pay' rates but it's not normal to count holiday pay and overtime pay as if it bumps up the basic pay per hour.
Shouldn't the work standards for a UK based company be UK work standards?
P&O, Post Office, water companies, gas, electricity, railways etc the corporate attitude to people whether they are employees or customers is in need of change and that can only come about by publicly exposing individuals like this. Shameful.
Dusgusting! Shareholders should be appalled at this immoral stance if not behind a fully comprehensive CSR model which promotes a flourishing society.
Will there be actual consequences following this or is it more theatre and grandstanding?
'In British waters they will pay national minimum wage' implies that in French / EU waters (probably half each journey) they will pay (the lower) something else?
I'm more upset that there are people who would work for that amount.
And don't give me the "they need the money" you'd find more money on the ground per day than working there
Didnt even have their facts right before confronting him. Guy's a snake but that was a big fat nothing.
Labour: how can you justify X
P&O: X is legal
Labour: Sad face, cant things be different and better?
Never be on your ships ,ever again
I won’t be using P & O that’s for sure !
All the money is going to pay that💩salary…