The Department of Trade and Industry is considering whether a change in the rules is needed and Usdaw claims 92 per cent of 500 store staff surveyed do not want change.
Some 56 per cent would rather work fewer hours on Sundays, and 62 per cent claimed to have come under pressure to work on that day. Only 11 per cent felt confident enough to exercise their right not to work on Sundays.
Usdaw general secretary John Hannett said: 'This is a very clear signal to ministers that Britain's 2.7 million retail workers are utterly opposed to any extension of the present six-hour limit.
'Our members are the people who will have to work the extra hours if the Government decides to change an arrangement that works perfectly well, so we want to make sure they listen to their voice.'
Big retailers such as Asda and Tesco have been lobbying for longer Sunday opening, but other store groups are indifferent or opposed to change.
Hannett said: 'Even the major retailers can't agree. There is no solid support for a change and there will be no obvious benefit to the retail sector.'
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