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SHOP workers are suffering an epidemic of assaults, threats and abuse, a nationwide survey by their union Usdaw revealed yesterday.
The union surveyed 5,000 staff as part of its Freedom From Fear campaign and showed that on average 241 shop workers a day were assaulted last year. A third were threatened by customers and more than half were verbally abused.
“Our survey shows that life on the front-line of retail can be pretty tough for many shop workers and there is still a lot to do to help protect them,” said Usdaw general secretary John Hannett.
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Incoming Usdaw general secretary JOANNE THOMAS talks to Ben Chacko about workers’ rights, Labour and how to arrest the decline of the high street
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