#shopworkers

2025 - In 1984, this Irish shopworker refused to sell grapefruits from apartheid South Africa. That small act of protest sparked a historic strike that led to Ireland banning trade with South Africa. Now, Mary Manning explains why she’s pushing Ireland to stop trading with Israel.

Shopworkers speak out about violence, threats and abuse

As Usdaw‘s Freedom from Fear summer campaign comes to an end, it’s worth reflecting on how some of the Great British people treat their Great British shopworkers. There are some shocking statistics from their annual survey. Preliminary results from nearly 2,000 retail staff across the UK show that in the last 12 months: (more…)

Shopworkers abused, threatened, assaulted 20+ times a year

Shopworker attacks turn out to be worryingly frequent. A South West shopworker is abused, threatened or assaulted over 20 times a year on average, according to research from shopworker’s trade union, Usdaw, which is calling on the Government to act

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Hii followers. this weeks been awful so far. work have changed my routine and got me doing something i hate this week..so i'm not happy about that. apart from that im doin fine. i just hope next week's better and i can get my old routine back and do what i actually was ok doing in the first place hmph!. i've not been eating so good this week either, i dunno why :( i disapoint myself. i also think im coming down with a cold again, which im not liking one bit either. the awards are on tonight so im looking forward to getting home from work later and snuggling by the fire watching them, :).

i was thinking about something when i first woke up and it was totally randomly. it was on the tv like an hour ago also. The lady was explaining like when you walk into a shop in America the worker greets you and asks how your doing and asks if they can help you, which is really nice if you ask me! it make's me feel happy inside a little when the person is kind to you like that...BUT you walk into a shop  here in the UK and the worker looks at you like your an alien and dusent greet you at all and dusent ask if you need any help AND has a face like thunder!. I dont understand how UK people can be so rude like that, you know? it kinda annoyed me and made me think to myself 'maybe i'm living in the wrong country!?' lmao.