![]() Employees are not trained on how to properly clean these chemicals, Shaw said, and there is also a lack of safety equipment in the store, along with blocked fire exits. Shaw said the Irmo store is rife with health hazards that are dangerous for workers and customers, including mold, animal droppings, extreme heat in the summer, and improperly stored chemicals that leak and spill. ![]() ![]() She also works a second job in order “to survive,” she said, because her paycheck from Dollar General is not enough to live off of. Currently, she is an assistant manager making $15.50 an hour and working 20 hours a week. One of the striking workers, TyBrianna Shaw, has been an employee at the Dollar General store in Irmo for three years. While these cases are ongoing, the workers say conditions have improved slightly since the strike, though Dollar General has not yet reimbursed their stolen wages. Together with the support of the newly formed Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW), both employees have filed safety complaints with the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a wage theft complaint with the state’s Office of Wages and Child Labor, and an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board. The two workers, who comprise 50% of the employees at their store, say the collective action was necessary after enduring months of hazardous working conditions. 17, citing mold, unpaid wages, and “dangerous understaffing.” ![]() Two workers at an Irmo, South Carolina, Dollar General store went on strike for two days beginning Jan. ![]()
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