Dollar General Employees Call for Improved Safety After Surge in Workplace Violence

Dollar General is the fastest-growing retailer in America, opening about 1,000 stores a year.
Since 2014, there have been 49 people killed and 172 people injured at Dollar General stores, according to data from non-profit group Gun Violence Archive.
Dollar General employees and advocacy group Step Up Louisiana are calling for the company to create a new staff position to promote safety in stores and allocate more hours and employees to stores so that no worker is ever alone inside.
Domini Impact Investments, an activist investment firm, has introduced a shareholder resolution calling for an independent auditor to evaluate Dollar General’s workplace safety policies.
Dollar General shareholders passed a resolution to create an independent audit into worker safety that would examine the company's policies and practices and how they affect the safety and well-being of workers.