Chris Grayling’s £100,000 part-time job at Felixstowe port job was branded an insult to staff shouldering pay cuts yesterday.
Union chiefs criticised the decision by the port’s owner, Hutchison Ports Europe, to give the hapless ex-minister an advisory role for just seven hours a week.
Unite described it as a “slap in the face” for staff paid by the hour who have had their Christmas bonus cancelled and been forced to change shifts to help the company weather the impact of the Covid pandemic.
The union, which has more than 2,000 members at the port, said Hutchison Ports “clearly has money to burn” if it can afford to spend £100,000 on an advisor with such a poor record in office.
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