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USDAW Conference: Half of staff skip meals to pay bills
MORE than half of retail and distribution workers have been forced to skip meals to save enough cash to pay their bills, an Usdaw union survey revealed yesterday.
Many of Usdaw’s members work in popular high street shops, but 59 per cent are paid just between £6.50 and £7.65 hourly.
Over 80 per cent of respondents told their union that they struggled to pay gas and electricity bills last year.
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