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Charity offers free training to help shop workers deal with abuse

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A charity is offering free training for shop workers to help them deal with abuse and attacks. The Retail Trust revealed that in a survey of 1,200 shop workers it found 39% had wanted to leave their jobs because of violent and abusive incidents. Nearly…

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