Coronavirus: Violence and abuse against shop workers doubles during pandemic

A union is calling on the government to provide more protection for shop workers with new legislation and tougher sentencing.

In the week after face masks were made mandatory in shops, the Co-op reported 990 incidents of anti-social behaviour and verbal abuse in its stores.

"It's defused a lot of situations," Mr Denys said."If you tell them 'you're being filmed', they just leave the store." "It's unacceptable for any walk of life and it needs to stop," Usdaw General Secretary Paddy Lillis told Sky News. Claire Saunders, a supermarket manager in Romford, east London, is backing the campaign after a series of recent incidents caused her to question whether she should continue her career in the industry."We do make a massive impact and we shouldn't let these people ruin that for us."

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