Dollar Store Workers Fight to Improve Jobs, Even Without a Union
With unionization dropping under Trump, experts say “premajority” campaigns can help workers score wins.
A Dollar General stocker, David Williams, witnessed two co-workers struggling to subdue a would-be shoplifter with a knife in 2019. When asked why he didn't intervene, Williams replied,
I said, ‘No offense, but I only get paid one time, and that is to be a stocker,making $11.50 an hour. He stated,
So, sorry, I’m not about to put my life on the line.
Williams needed a better job and joined Step Up Louisiana in 2022, seeking change without unionizing his workplace.
Author's summary: Workers fight for better jobs without unionizing.