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Young shopworkers speak out about violence, threats and abuse

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Retail trade union Usdaw has made ‘Freedom from Fear’ the theme of this year’s Young Workers’ Week, 4-10 March. Across the UK young union activists are talking to other young workers, giving them the message that violence, threats and abuse are not a part of…

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