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Over 50,000 attacks on shop workers took place last year
MORE THAN 50,000 attacks on shopworkers took place last year, a report by retail employers revealed today.
The Association of Convenience Stores’ (ACS) annual crime survey Evidence for Action reports that 25 per cent of the incidents resulted in injury.
Now ACS and shopworkers’ union Usdaw have issued a joint call for government action to halt the epidemic of violence and abuse.
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