Union urges betting-shop staff to report abuse

The Community union is backing a campaign to stamp out verbal and physical abuse of betting-shop staff in Scotland.

As part of its "Bang out of order" initiative, the Scottish Executive is asking workers in betting shops - 15% of whom say they have been assaulted in the past year - to report all incidents of abuse.

Heather Meldrum, Community organiser for Scotland, said the union wanted to "raise awareness of the issue of violence against betting-shop workers and encourage them to report it, however small and insignificant they think it is, because only then can we get a picture of the scale of the abuse."

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