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Papa John’s workers win two months’ back pay after protest supported across the city

WORKERS at a Papa John’s in Sheffield have won two months’ back pay after staging a protest that won support across the city.

The workers were employed at the Ecclesall Road branch of the pizza takeaway chain, which was run by a businessman as a franchise.

He shut the business down without notice and disappeared. 

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