We Can Work It Out

07/04/2026

Pub Closures & the Tolpuddle Martyrs: How the State Has Always Feared Working People Gathering Together - read the latest substack article - https://wecanworkitout.substack.com/p/pub-closures-and-the-tolpuddle-martyrs?r=4ctab9

How the State Has Always Feared Working People Gathering Together

02/04/2026

Episode 11 of the We Can Work It Out podcast available now with Prof Gregor Gall discussing Mick Lynch & the RMT.
https://open.substack.com/pub/wecanworkitout/p/mick-lynch-and-the-making-of-a-working?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

02/04/2026

Episode 11 of the We Can Work It Out podcast available now with Prof Gregor Gall discussing Mick Lynch & the RMT.
https://open.substack.com/pub/wecanworkitout/p/mick-lynch-and-the-making-of-a-working?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

01/04/2026

Episode 11 of the We Can Work It Out podcast available now with Prof Gregor Gall discussing Mick Lynch & the RMT.
https://open.substack.com/pub/wecanworkitout/p/mick-lynch-and-the-making-of-a-working?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

31/03/2026

In the latest episode of the We Can Work It Out podcast, I speak with Professor Gregor Gall, one of the most influential scholars of industrial relations in the UK, to move beyond the media image and examine the deeper story behind Mick Lynch, not as a caricature or a headline figure, but as someone shaped by a particular set of historical, social and political experiences that matter just as much as his now well known media performances.
https://open.substack.com/pub/wecanworkitout/p/mick-lynch-and-the-making-of-a-working?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Some figures do not simply emerge into public life, they arrive with a presence that seems to capture a particular moment, and in the summer of 2022, as the UK faced an intensifying cost of living crisis, one voice appeared to cut through the noise with unusual clarity, composure and authority, and....

28/03/2026

In the latest episode of the We Can Work It Out podcast, I sat down with Professor Rebecca Zahn & Professor Miriam Kullmann to discuss their article published in the Industrial Law Journal, titled “Discovering the Contributions of Academic Wives to the Development of Labour Law: Liesel Kahn-Freund.” It is one of the most intellectually rich and personally affecting conversations we have recorded - read the article about the podcast with links to listen to the episode -https://substack.com//note/p-191988690?r=4ctab9&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

20/03/2026

4 years on & the questions still haven’t gone away when 786 seafarers were dismissed by P&O Ferries in a matter of minutes. Watch our investigation report launch - youtu.be/0yWtNFRmBbM
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20/03/2026

4 years on & the questions still haven’t gone away when 786 seafarers were dismissed by P&O Ferries in a matter of minutes. Watch our investigation report launch - https://youtu.be/0yWtNFRmBbM
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20/03/2026

The latest episode of the We Can Work It Out podcast accompanies the launch of a new research report into the impact of P&O Ferries mass dismissals in 2022. We return to the voices of those directly affected, 786 Seafarers. You can read more about the episode, as well as access the podcast, by clicking on the link below:

https://open.substack.com/pub/wecanworkitout/p/holding-the-line-at-sea?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Thank you to John Lansdown and Saad Basset for a fantastic report and Rhys Beard for producing this episode.
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The Enduring Lessons of the P&O Ferries Dismissals in March 2022

19/03/2026

4 years ago this week, P&O Ferries sacked 786 Seafarers without any notice. We've made a video explaining what happened on the day and how we have investigated the reasons why P&O were allowed to bypass employment laws. You can watch the video HERE:
https://substack.com/profile/263386485-we-can-work-it-out/note/c-230062211?r=4ctab9&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
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4 years ago this week, P&O Ferries sacked 786 Seafarers without any notice. Here’s a video explaining what happened on the day and how we have investigated the reasons why P&O were allowed to bypass employment laws. You can also read our full report HERE - https://salford-repository.worktribe.com/...

17/03/2026

4 years ago today , P&O Ferries sacked 786 Seafarers without any prior notice. Today we launched our report into what happened and how to stop it happening again. You can download the report here:
shorturl.at/ADLb8
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16/03/2026

Tomorrow we launch our new research report The Impact of Mass Dismissals on Maritime Workers: A Study into the Actions of P&O Ferries in March 2022, written by John Lansdown, Dr Jonathan Lord and Saad Basset and funded by the University of Salford.
The report draws on original research with dismissed seafarers to examine the human, legal and institutional consequences of the mass sacking of 786 workers in March 2022. The study explores issues of fairness, employment law protections, trade union responses and the long term impact on workers’ careers and wellbeing.
The findings raise important questions about employment rights, maritime labour protections and the effectiveness of current regulatory frameworks in preventing similar events in the future.
Join us tomorrow for the official launch event, where we will present the findings of the study, hear directly from one of the seafarers affected, and discuss the policy reforms needed to protect workers from similar injustices.
If you are interested in labour law, industrial relations, maritime employment or employment rights more broadly, this event will be of particular relevance.
Register to attend here-
Register HERE to join in person: https://shorturl.at/qZW00
Register HERE to join online: https://shorturl.at/dZcUF
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