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Government rejects new law to protect shopworkers Print The government has once again rejected the need for a bill to protect shopworkers from violent attacks. Responding to questions from Daniel Zeichner MP and shadow home affairs minister Bambos Charalambous, minister of state for crime and policing Kit Malthouse told the House of Commons that the government didn’t “yet” see a case for a specific offence of assaulting a shopworker. The Assaults on Retail Workers (Offences) Bill, promoted by Alex Norris MP, was timetabled for its second reading in the House of Commons in September. Ho...

THE Tory government was slammed today for blocking a new law to protect shopworkers from violence and abuse. Shopworkers’ union Usdaw wants stronger punishments for people who attack retail workers, in the same way that emergency-service personnel are specifically covered by regulations. The union’s call is supported by 23 major retailers and industry bodies including Aldi, Asda, Boots, the Co-op, Homebase, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Nationwide, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and WH Smith. But an Assaults on Retail Workers (Offences) Bill, promoted in Parliament by Labour and Co-op MP Al...

Vatican city as the pope celebrates mass just before midnight as a crossover to christmas day and a look there from above of saint peter's basilica. no doubt, lots of faithful have gathered in vatican city to celebrate christmas there and to hear some words of inspiration from pope francis this christmas eve. need a little cash this holiday season? you may want to consider getting a fake beard and a santa costume. the fox news' network, check the scene out in a suburb of chicago. >> it turned out that being the big man can also mean making big bucks. a lot of people in illinois lined up to see...

The other end. they recently came clean and said they're going to spend billions of dollars trying to retrain their own employees. you know who they're not going to retrain? the 30% of retail workers who work in the malls that are closing because amazon is soaking up $20 billion in business every year. they're retraining their own people, but they're not going to retrain the mom and pop business owner in new hampshire or iowa. >> i want to play this moment from the cnn debates last month. watch this. >> you know what the talking heads couldn't stop talking about after the last debate? it's not...

American. >> but you know what they say. they say that amazon creates jobs, gives people jobs. it improves neighborhoods and on and on and on. do you disagree with that? >> oh, amazon is doing a lot of the job creating, but it's also doing a lot of job destroying on the other end. they recently came clean and said they're going to spend billions of dollars trying to retrain their own employees. you know who they're not going to retrain? the 30% of retail workers who work in the malls that are closing because amazon is soaking up $20 billion in business every year. they're retraining their own ...