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Retail union warns of rough holiday season as workers report spike in abuse at Christmas time

Mother of three, Anna*, is employed by a large supermarket chain and forgoes time with her family to keep up with the extra work demands of busy holiday periods, such as Christmas.

In return, she's been verbally abused and had things thrown at her while on the job.

Over her 19-year career, Anna has lost count of the number of times she has been sworn at and called names.

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