P&O fight: solidarity action by other workers is needed!
The left and labour movement should continue to support and build the protests and lobbying of the sacked P&O Ferries workers and their union RMT. (We should also argue for the RMT and wider labour movement to campaign for nationalisation of P&O .) But the best, most likely way to win their reinstatement is through solidarity action. As we understand it, some Hull dockers and river pilots refused to do work allowing the relaunch of the Pride of Hull. However, the Pride of Hull has now launched. We don’t know about other P&O ships. Even if they all launch, there will presumably be dock labour...