USDAW's Campaign to Protect Shopworkers Against Violence and Abuse

The motion

That the Parliament is appalled at the number of incidents of violent attacks on, and abuse of, shopworkers, as reported in the Scottish Retail Consortium's Annual Crime Survey; notes with concern that last year over 31% of shops in Scotland had at least one reported incident of violence against a shopworker; further notes with concern that a survey conducted by the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) revealed that over the last 12 months 47% of shopworkers had suffered physical violence, 72% had been threatened and 86% had been verbally abused; calls upon members of the Scottish Parliament to support USDAW's Freedom from Fear campaign against violence and abuse of shopworkers, and urges the Scottish Executive to make retail crime a police key performance indicator and promote and resource town centre and safer shopping partnerships.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Lab 16 LD 1 SNP 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

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