Rats.

Blocked fire exits.

Broken A/C.

No bathroom breaks.

No safety personnel.

Expired food and medicine.

Poverty wages.

Violence.

These are the things Dollar General workers put up with. As shoppers, as citizens, we can't stand by and allow the nation's largest retailer to treat their workers like this. Sign the petition below and demand that Dollar General take immediate action to provide safe, dignified working conditions for all of its employees.

TO: Dollar General CEO Jeff Owen

Dear Mr. Owen,

As concerned consumers and citizens, we demand you take immediate action to address the worker treatment and store condition concerns exposed by Bloomberg Businessweek and previously raised by Step Up Louisiana, OSHA, and thousands of your own employees. In addition to addressing these specific hazards, we call on you to implement the safety demands outlined by dollar store workers with Step Up Louisiana that were delivered to you last year:

1. Hire Community Safety Managers. Having trained staff present at every shift is a powerful and simple way to create safety.
2. Store Infrastructure for Safety. Every store should have a thoughtful and intentional layout with an emphasis on safety with every design decision.
3. Safe Staffing. Full staffing is critical and creates safety.
4. A Right to Heal. Workers should have support from the company without fear of repercussions when recovering from a violent work incident.
5. New Safety Code & Policy. All changes to increase safety in the store through training and improved infrastructure should be institutionalized by the business by creating a new safety code.
6. Worker Input on All New Safety Practices. Workers should have input on the new safety measures that are designed to keep them safe.

All workers deserve safety and dignity. We look forward to seeing your quick and decisive response to bring Dollar General in line with this most basic principle and earn back our trust and business.