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☆ Dollar General shareholders pass proposal to improve worker safety
  + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Dollar General shareholders passed a resolution Wednesday to create an independent audit into worker safety, as the retailer faces mounting pressure to improve conditions. Dollar General's board recommended shareholders vote against the measure. "I'm one of the hundreds of thousands of Dollar General employees that come into work every day scared for our safety. Williams pointed to the financial implications of Dollar General's safety issues. Beyond fire hazards and dangerous levels of clutter, Dollar General has become a hot spot for gun violence.
Persons: stocker David Williams, Williams, Debbie Berkowitz Organizations: Domini Impact, Research, federal, Safety, Health Administration, Dollar, OSHA, Violence Locations: Mexico, America, Goodlettsville , Tennessee
☆ Activist firms call on Dollar General, Dollar Tree to improve worker safety, wages
  + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Two activist investment firms are calling on Dollar General and Dollar Tree shareholders to approve a pair of resolutions aiming to improve worker safety and wages, the firms said Tuesday. Dollar General Proposal 7, led by Domini Impact Investments, calls for an independent audit into worker safety and well-being. "It's far too dangerous in the stores that we work in," David Williams, a Dollar General stocker, said during a panel event Tuesday. Federal regulators have repeatedly found similar violations at Dollar General stores across the country, prompting OSHA to label it a "severe violator" of workplace safety rules. Considering the $37.84 billion in sales Dollar General posted in fiscal 2022, the penalties are unlikely to have a major impact on its balance sheet.
☆ Instead of paying adults more, some states might let companies hire kids as young as 14 to fill the labor shortage
  + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Republicans in some states are proposing exceptions to child labor regulations. Lawmakers in Iowa and Minnesota have introduced legislation in the last month proposing exceptions to child labor regulations in their respective states, due to the persisting labor shortage hitting them particularly hard. "A lot of the child labor jobs are menial jobs and those skills aren't transferrable," she said. The proposed laws skirt around the child labor requirements outlined by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Research shows that these workers aren't averse to meatpacking work entirely — they're just not willing to do it for the current wage standard.
☆ The US never banned asbestos. These workers are paying the price.
  + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Kathleen Mcgrory | Neil Bedi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +39 min
But protocols failed to match reality at the Niagara Falls plant, according to more than a dozen workers. In addition to those signature diseases, which are rare even among asbestos workers, the tiny strands can harm the body in other ways. In the 15 years that followed, congressional attempts to ban asbestos would continue to fall short. OSHA declined to make an official available for an on-the-record interview or comment on ProPublica's findings at the Niagara Falls plant. At the OxyChem plant in Wichita, union president Keith Peacock said he was comfortable with the way asbestos was handled.
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