- Six employees, including manager Trina Tribolet, quit their jobs at a Wisconsin Dollar General store due to being underpaid and overworked
- Tribolet also said that the company’s food donation policy was also one of the reasons why the entire staff decided to resign
- In a statement released after the strike, the company confirmed that the store had been closed for three hours on March 9 due to the walkout
A Dollar General store in Wisconsin had been forced to remain closed after its entire staff quit due to being underpaid and overworked.
Six employees, including manager Trina Tribolet, at the Mineral Point store didn’t show up to open the doors March 9 and instead left a handmade sign saying they quit the night before.
Tribolet said she had been working seven days a week for months because, as a manager, she was only allotted so many paid hours to give to her staff.
She also noted that this past weekend was her first break from work since Christmas.
‘It’s something we’ve been talking about for the last few months. Until Friday night when we went away, this weekend was my first day off since Christmas,’ the manager shared Wisconsin TV station 9News.
While a sign at the front of the store read ‘We stop!’ another sign explained that ‘the entire team has walked away due to lack of appreciation, overwork and underpaid’.
Six employees, including manager Trina Tribolet, at the Mineral Point store didn’t show up to open doors on March 9 and instead left a handmade sign saying they quit the night before
Tribolet said she had been working seven days a week for months because, as a manager, she was only allotted so many paid hours to give to her staff
Tribolet further noted that Dollar General’s food donation policy was ultimately blamed for the mass layoff
Tribolet further noted that Dollar General’s food donation policy was ultimately the cause of the mass layoff.
Calling it the ‘last straw’, Tribolet was alarmed at how many items were thrown away due to the company’s very strict guidelines on what food can be donated.
Dollar General’s donation policy required workers to throw out items that were nearing their expiration date or that the store was no longer selling, according to the former manager.
She explained that to get around the policy, the team would mark items as damaged and donate the products, but when management found out, they were told to stop, which led to them deciding to quit.
While a sign at the front of the store read ‘We stop!’ another sign explained that ‘the entire team has walked away due to lack of appreciation, overworked and underpaid’
Calling it the ‘last straw’, Tribolet was alarmed at how many items were thrown away due to the company’s very strict guidelines on which food items can be donated
In a statement released after the work stoppage, the company confirmed that the store had been closed for three hours on March 9 due to staff shortages. There are now new employees in the store
“There have been tears that have been shed because we are throwing away coffee that has not expired, but it is close.
“Or you throw out a box of Lucky Charms that you know there’s a whole bunch of kids who would love to eat them, but you can’t donate them because you’re supposed to throw them away,” explained Tribolet.
In a statement released after the work stoppage, the company confirmed that the store had been closed for three hours on March 9 due to staff shortages. There are now new employees in the store.
In addition, we are proud to serve local Wisconsin communities with donations through our Feeding America partnership in 21 stores across the state.
‘The Mineral Point Dollar General store has donated nearly 7,500 pounds of food to local food banks such as Second Harvest Food Bank in southern Wisconsin over the past twelve months.
“Food safety is a top priority for members of Dollar General and Feeding America, therefore DG stores are committed to following Feeding America donation policies,” the statement read.
Tribolet also said that while she is currently on a mental health break, the rest of her former team already have new jobs.
According to the Economic Policy Institute’s Company Salary Tracker92 percent of Dollar General’s employees are paid less than $15, and of those, 35 percent are paid between $10-12 an hour.
