Dollar General Shareholders Approve Review of Workplace Safety Following 49 Deaths
- Almost 50 people have been killed at Dollar General stores nationwide since 2014.
- Dollar General has a history of violating workplace safety standards and has accrued $21 million in OSHA fines.
- Employees and activists have demanded Dollar General improve pay and working conditions.
- Shareholders voted to conduct an independent audit of Dollar General's safety policies and practices in the face of violence at stores and millions in fines.
- Dollar General operates over 19,000 stores and employs 160,000 people across 47 states.
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