Dollar General is the fastest-growing retailer in America, opening about 1,000 stores a year.
. But workers say the company should be doing more to protect their safety and that businesses practices such as understaffed stores are making them unsafe.
"Dollar General continues to expose its employees to unsafe conditions at its stores across the nation," Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker. The company must make "corporate-wide changes to protect the safety and well-being of the people they employ," he said. Dollar General's board of directors has called on shareholders to reject the proposal, calling it unnecessary. The company says it performs hundreds of safety checks and audits occur each day across its stores and engages employees on their feedback and concerns.The rally and shareholder resolution reflect a growing push to call attention to workplace conditions at Dollar General.
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