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Hidden cost of the online shopping boom
Chgo saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you
should see it.
** Hidden cost of the online shopping boom **
A BBC Newsnight investigation has found that workers handling deliveries for some of Britain's biggest retailers have almost no employment rights and can earn as little as 45p per delivery.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9260103.stm >
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should see it.
** Hidden cost of the online shopping boom **
A BBC Newsnight investigation has found that workers handling deliveries for some of Britain's biggest retailers have almost no employment rights and can earn as little as 45p per delivery.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9260103.stm >
** BBC Daily E-mail **
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