Activist firms call on Dollar General, Dollar Tree to improve worker safety, wages

CNBC
Gabrielle Fonrouge
May 16, 2023

After gunman shoots four at New Orleans dollar store, workers demand safety

Times Picayune / New Orleans Advocate
Gabriella Killett
December 10, 2022

Dollar Stores in Louisiana are spreading rapidly and Dollar Store workers are organizing for safe stores, better pay, and better working conditions.

Store Counts in Louisiana:
Dollar Tree - 111
Family Dollar - 324
Dollar General - 536

Workers led a survey process that landed on safety and wages as the two biggest concerns.

During the COVID-19 pandemic Dollar Store workers are on the front line as essential workers and have been organizing for paid sick days. Here is Tay Jones from Dollar Tree in New Orleans with her Letter to the Editor in The Advocate.

Kenya Slaughter from Alexandria, LA was featured in the New York Times telling her story as a front line worker.

Do you currently or formerly work at a Dollar Store in Louisiana? Would you like to help support the campaign? Please email info@stepuplouisiana.org or fill out this form and we will get back to you about how to get involved!