Dollar Store Workers Fight to Improve Jobs, Even Without a Union

Dollar Store Workers Fight to Improve Jobs, Even Without a Union

With unionization dropping under Trump, experts say “premajority” campaigns can help workers score wins.

A Dollar General stocker, David Williams, shared his experience of witnessing a would-be shoplifter with a knife in 2019. When asked why he didn't intervene, Williams replied,

I said, ‘No offense, but I only get paid one time, and that is to be a stocker.'
He makes $11.50 an hour and sometimes struggles to pay rent.

Williams joined Step Up Louisiana in 2022, seeking better working conditions. Author's summary: Workers fight for better jobs.

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