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Borders, the United States-owned bookshop chain, which recently opened a new store in Glasgow is at the centre of a major row over workers rights. When the Glasgow bookstore first opened, the Voice reported that in the United States, the company has a notorious reputation for employing all sorts of dirty tricks in order to thwart trade union activity. Now five cafeteria workers in Glasgow have been sacked after being secretly filmed eating food without permission. Now the Scottish Trade Union Congress and USDAW, the shopworkers union, are starting a recruitment campaign to ensure staff have better representation. Borders has also come under fire for barring Big Issue vendors from the store. The homeless charity, Shelter, has accused the company of "shameful discrimination". Trade unions are urging customers to boycott the chain because of its anti-union activities there.
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