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Retail workers need protection from automation, general secretary Paddy Lillis warns
A view inside Usdaw’s 2022 conference in Blackpool

RETAIL workers need greater protection from the growing threat of automation in the workplace, Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis warned today.

The retail union’s general secretary said artificial intelligence is exacerbating a lack of job security and mental health issues for workers. 

Addressing delegates on the opening day of Usdaw’s 2022 conference in Blackpool, Mr Lillis also slammed Tory ministers for scrapping England’s Union Learning Fund last year.

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