The union has said that Labour’s plans to crack down on violence against shop workers “will make a difference” in the hopes it will reduce crimes to those in the retail industry.
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00:00A leading trade union has spoken out about the government's plans to crack down on
00:08abuse of shop workers, saying that new legislation will make police forces across the country
00:13take notice of the spiralling issue. USDOR, which stands for Union of Shop, Distributive
00:21and Allied Workers, has backed plans recently announced by the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper,
00:28and Prime Minister Keir Starmer to stamp out violence and abuse against shop workers all
00:34across the country. Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, previously spoke out about the issue.
00:42The union has said that Labour's plans to crack down on violence against shop workers
00:47should make a difference, adding that if it closely follows the Scottish law introduced
00:52in 2021, police will be forced to record incidents and spot the scale of the issues.