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During the last years, General dollars stores Apparently appeared in all corners of the United States, the discount chain now has more than 19,000 locations across the country, making it the largest retailer in terms of physical presence. But the incredible growth of Dollar General can be against the flame, because some say that the retailer does not have the necessary amount of employees for personnel in all these stores. In fact, the company's own partners talked about the problem. Read the rest to know why a general worker of a dollar now says that the problems of under-effective are "dangerous".

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THE Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) published a video At their Tiktok @rauseupthesouth account on June 1, where they speak to a general worker of the dollar of the retailer problem with the sub-efficient.

"When I became an advance, my manager was outside the city. My DM [District Director] did not send additional help for us, so I should open the store for myself," explains the employee .

He also said to the USSW that, according to Dollar General policies, there are at least two workers closing the store.

"But in the event that a colleague is either sick, or something important that happens in his family life - if he leaves, I must literally stay here and keep the store open by myself at night", explains the worker.

In the legend of their video, the USSW wrote that it was "only one of the many health and safety problems that the dollar does not take into account the dollar with regard to their workers". AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

According to the organization, the lack of personnel at the level where there is only one worker in the store in themselves is a major problem which creates dangerous working conditions - something that the general employee is very fully agree.

"In the end, this is a lot of things with regard to security that can certainly be repaired," said the worker, noting that one of his biggest concerns is to have to keep the store alone there night.

"I have the impression that it is dangerous as a male. But it is even more dangerous for a woman. It is neglected a lot," he adds.

Better life Contacted Dollar General about the worker's complaints, and we will update this story with their response.

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It's not just an employee's experience either. At the end of May, employees and general allies in dollars I started to demonstrate outside The company's headquarters in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, before the annual shareholders' meeting to protest against dangerous conditions, CNN reported.

According to the media, data from the archives of non -profit armed violence indicate that there were 49 people killed and 172 people injured in general stores for the dollar since 2014. And in 2020, a CNN survey revealed that 'At least six of the company's own companies, the employees had died in armed flights since 2016.

"Dollar General continues to exhibit its employees on dangerous conditions in its stores across the country". Doug Parker , the Deputy Secretary of Professional Security and Health (OSHA), said in a May 23 declaration .

When Better life contacted Dollar General on dangerous store conditions in the past, the company says that He "undertook to provide a safe work environment to his partners and the shopping experience to his customers".

But among the complaints of workers concerning the dangerous sub-personnel, several employees general in dollars said to the initiate in May that the retailer was cut their hours .

A Michigan worker told the media that the cuts started a year ago, while others in the Midwest said their hours had been cut in early 2023.

"The morning quarter is always the worst, because you spend all morning as the only person in the store," said the Michigan employee, adding that workers must then choose between the unloading of the inventory as they are supposed to and help customers.