Senator Murray: “I call on you to explain [these] shameful labor practices and commit to improving conditions for workers moving forward.”
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, wrote to the chief executives of Dollar General and Dollar Tree, which also owns Family Dollar, to protect workers and demand answers about the companies’ unacceptable treatment of their employees as a flurry of reports, lawsuits, and investigations have revealed unsafe working conditions and wage violations at the dollar store chains—despite record growth and profits.
“As the company’s business grows, particularly in low-income communities, more and more … workers will face low wages, insufficient benefits, and unsafe working conditions,” wrote Senator Murray. “I call on you to explain [these] shameful labor practices and commit to improving conditions for workers moving forward.”
Dollar General and Dollar Tree have engaged in unacceptable labor practices that have shortchanged workers, created unsafe working conditions, and in some cases, violated federal law—even as the companies have experienced explosive growth in recent years. These companies collectively operate more locations than Walmart, Starbucks, and McDonald’s combined, and continue to expand at a significant pace. In 2020, median annual pay for Dollar General and Dollar Tree workers was just $16,688 and $15,816, respectively, while the...
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