Unions report that P&O Ferries Ltd. had been paying $2.38 per hour to replacement workers, less than one-quarter of the UK’s minimum wage after it fired almost 800 workers abruptly last week.
The RMT union represents P&O’s employees. On Monday, it said in a statement that Indian seafarers hired to replace the sacked workers were being exploited, and asked UK’s government to take charge of the firm before it gets too late.
P&O has refused to comment on wage allegations of the union. The U.K.’s...