New YorkCNN —
Dollar General is the
fastest-growing retailer in America, opening about 1,000 stores a year. But following repeated violent incidents and federal workplace safety violations at stores, some Dollar General workers and labor advocates are calling for stronger safety and health protections.
Workers and their allies are rallying Wednesday outside Dollar General’s headquarters in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, ahead of the company’s annual shareholder meeting to protest conditions. They say the company is failing to take basic precautions to prevent violence in its stores.
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. A
CNN investigation in 2020 found that at least six store employees died during armed robberies from 2016 to 2020.