Solidarity

 P&O Ferries has sacked 800 seafaring staff with immediate effect, but some crew are defying orders and refusing to leave their ships in protest. Workers are understood to have been told the news on zoom.

 Union RMT said crewmembers were being replaced with foreign labour.

The union said it has instructed members to stay on board their vessels once they have docked or risk being "locked out" of their jobs.

"We are digging in for the long-haul. We are determined to fight," RMT spokesperson Geoff Martin said.

A seafaring P&O employee told the BBC his colleagues onboard have refused to disembark and are instead "in their cabins refusing to work".

P&O sacks 800 workers as crew refuse to leave ships - BBC News