condor ferries.

[jerseybadboy]

I have to agree a condor pizza would be the last thing id like to see never mind soggy bottoms have you tired their bacon rolls, anyway yes competition please but competition that is allowed to cross polinate the northern route with the southern exactly like condor is allowed so not just the st malo route thats what put HD at a disadvantage as well as the other hurdles that were put in their way. Oh and if Condor get the licence again they must have the section in the licence that allows the to charge passengers from the ci whatever tickles their fancy or whatever they think folk will pay.............

[Calimachon]

Where things better when British Rail ran things.  They did run things did they or is it my imagination that is a amock.  British Rail was responsible for putting most of the British tourist districts on the map.

Cali

[Chevalier Blanc]

British Railway Mail Boats ran at 8am & 10am from jersey to Guernsey and England. Then returned at 6pm & 8pm. You could go to guernsey for the day leaving at 8am arriving at 9.30am then catching the 6pm boat back giving you 81/2 hours in Guernsey.
There is no way that you can do that today. It took 6 hours from Weymouth to Jersey on the night crossing not stopping at Guernsey, the other mail boat that left Weymouth at 11.30pm stopped at Guernsey first before coming to Jersey.
The mail boats that left here at 8am & 10am took 81/2 hours to get to Weymouth because of stopping at Guernsey first.
The service was not making any money so in the end so it had to go. Who remembers the "Brittany"  boat that used to go to St.Malo once a year, it was a great day out  up for everybody that went. Can see it now, men coming off the boat abit drunk carrying a stale french loaf in which to try and please the wife on there return. You would think that the wives would have learnt what the day out meant to the men.
Yes the day of 1000 people watching the mailboat arive in the evening and discharging it's cargo was a sight to behold.

[boatyboy]

Out of work local people could have a job at Condor ? Not at these rates !

Vue des Isles. blog.

How does the cross-channel ferry operator Condor Ferries get away
with paying its Ukrainian crew less than £30 for a 12-hour day?

That's barely a third of the minimum wage both here and in Guernsey, where Condor is based.

We've seen a contract signed last summer between a crew member and Condor Marine Crewing Services, Condor's UK subsidiary.

The minimum wage at the time was £5.93 yet the Ukranians "should
expect to work up to 12 hours per day" for £28.19 - that's as little as
£2.35 per hour and "includes all overtime".

They worked on two ferries registered in the Bahamas, so the new
Equality Act - which bans different pay rates for different
nationalities on UK-registered ships - does not apply.

A Condor spokeswoman said it employs "a number of crew" every year on three-month contracts through an agency based in Ukraine.

She said the pay was "above average" for the Ukraine and that crew also got accommodation and meals


http://www.vuedesisles.com/t9042-how-does-the-cross-channel-ferry-justify-paying-below-minimum-wage#102427

bb
 

[danrok]

I'm not really seeing what the point is with that story.

Assuming they are residents of Ukraine and not UK, then they are very well paid, and the minimum UK wage is irrelevant.

The average salary in the Ukraine is less than £200 per MONTH.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ukrainian_oblasts_and_territories_by_salary

It is surprising just how ignorant people can be about how millions of other people live in Europe!