Demands are being made for legal action over P&O hiring foreign agency workers for as little as 1.82 an hour to replace sacked 800 staff - with some temps living in tents.
Unions have raised concerns over the "exploitative practice" as Labour MP Karl Turner told of the low payments, saying they were expected to work huge 12-hour shifts for eight weeks at a time.
The 800 workers were fired with no notice through a view message - with reports some staff were removed from ships in handcuffs.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union say they are earning less than the 8.91 minimum wage, with one secretary claiming they got as little as 1.82 an hour while other eastern Europeans were hired on between 2.60 and 2.80 an hour.
The union said the Dubai owners of P&O should face "severest sanctions" over the mass-sacking.
The maritime union Nautilus said that P&O should face swift legal legal action over not just the way the redundancies were handled, but "blatant discrimination" in terms of wages to the agency staff aimed at a 50% cut in crew wages.
Mr Turner said he wanted the government to crack down on P&O firing and rehiring practice.
“Ministers give you platitudes and say ‘It’s not very good is it, we’re going to have to do something about it’, then do absolutely f*** all,” he said.
Asked what they are being paid, he said: “What P&O has accepted previously in meetings with me and the RMT, they’ve said $2.40 an hour (1.82). That was only admitted by them...
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