'Overworked and underpaid': Entire staff at Dollar General store in Wisconsin quits at same time

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‘Overworked and underpaid': Entire staff at Dollar General store in Wisconsin quits at same time
"We QUIT! Thank you to our amazing customers. We love you and will miss you."

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By NBC Chicago Staff • Published March 12, 2024 • Updated on March 13, 2024 at 2:06 pm


Shoppers at a Wisconsin Dollar General were left with a surprising notice when arriving at the store earlier this month, being greeted by signs notifying them that the location’s staff all quit at the same time.

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A large green sign was posted Saturday morning on the front door of the store in Mineral Point, around 54 miles west of Madison, with the following message:
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An accompanying sign read:

"We QUIT! Thank you to our amazing customers. We love you and will miss you."

The signs left outside the store were posted in the "Iowa County Confessions" Facebook group.
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"Take this as a notice that we the team at store 20610 located in Mineral Point, WI all quit! We can not and will not work for a company that does not stand behind in true honest form of what they want the world to see them as. Although we love and adore our customers, we must take a stand for the community and not allow corporate greed to continue preventing people in need of the help they need and could receive. Policies, processes and procedures need to change! Don't make claims about supporting and helping communities when the reality is that it's all about the bottom line and not about support or help!"

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The Economy Policy Institute's Wage Tracker reports that 92% of Dollar General's 119,904 employees make less than $15 an hour. That's nearly double the number of employees making under $15 at Walmart (51%)..........................................