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UNIONS pledged to fight for safer workplaces as they marked the start of Mental Health Awareness Week yesterday.
Usdaw warned that the annual event is more important than ever — the retail union’s latest survey shows that 74 per cent of shop staff have felt anxious at work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Most of the 4,000 respondents say that fear of catching the virus is the biggest cause, but many have faced increased incidents of customer abuse.
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
