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Retail union urges Northern Ireland politicians to protect shopworkers

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Retail trade union Usdaw has written to the first minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill and deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly, urging them to take action to support retail workers who continue to face violence and abuse, amid a huge increase in the number of…

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