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Rise in minimum wage is too small for under-paid shop workers, says retail union

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Shopworkers’ union Usdaw has criticised the new minimum wage rate as being too low to live on. Tomorrow’s increase in the National Living Wage to £10.42 an hour is well below the union’s call for at least £12 per hour immediately, as a step to £15. Usdaw is also disappointed that lower rates for younger …

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