Birchwood shoppers support ‘Freedom from fear’

Warrington North MP HELEN JONES joined members of the shopworkers union USDAW at the Birchwood Shopping Centre to highlight the union’s campaign against physical and verbal abuse which can be directed toward shopworkers.  USDAW members from Warrington and around the country had been attending a Summer School at the union’s Warrington offices on Centre Park,  at which MP HELEN JONES was a guest speaker,  before they congregated in Birchwood. Sadly there has been an increase in the number of verbal and physical attacks on shopworkers.

Birchwood Town Councillors,  Chris Fitzsimmons,  Pauline Nelson and Tony Higgins joined the USDAW members and the MP.  Over a period of an hour and a half more than a thousand signatures were collected and campaign literature handed out.

HELEN JONES said :

“  The freedom from fear message is important to get across to people. Shoppers should realise that even if they are experiencing a problem in a shop it does not entitle them to swear,  threaten or assault staff.  This behaviour is simply not acceptable.

“  It was very encouraging to receive such strong support from the shoppers at Birchwood shopping centre.  “