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Women workers struggling to access toilets, finds Unite study
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FEMALE workers are struggling to access toilets, with some revealing there are none where they work, research suggests.

A survey of more than 12,000 women by the Unite union showed that 14 per cent said they only sometimes or occasionally have access to loos at work.

Unite said 1 per cent of respondents said they never have access to a toilet in the workplace.

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