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Campaign wins protection for shop workers in Northern Ireland

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An Usdaw and Northern Ireland Retail Consortium (NIRC) campaign has won protection for shop workers in Northern Ireland as the justice minister Naomi Long agrees to the introduction of new offence Retail trade union Usdaw welcomed the news that the justice minister will introduce a…

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