Oh my god! They’re gonna upgrade them from a wrist-slap to a stern talking-to
Dollar General has 48hrs to make stores safe or face more penalties after $12m fine
Submitted 4 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to workreform@lemmy.world
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thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Wwwbdd@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The company, which operates more than 19,000 discount stores worldwide, agreed to pay the $12m fine In March, Dollar General announced that its 2023 fiscal year operating profit was $2.4bn.
So they have 19,000 stores, on average profiting $126,000, and their share of the fine is $630?
That fine should be 12mil per day to actually see some action. One time it’s just the cost of doing business
danielquinn@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
The unspoken reality of these sorts of situations is that companies like Dollar General simply can’t fix these problems and remain profitable. Many of these safety measures require staff they’d have to hire for example.
We talk about this as if it’s just some safety measures that need to be fulfilled, but what we have to understand is that the business model of exploitation to this degree is unsustainable in a world where safety measures are enforced.
They likely know this, and may do some performative response in the hopes of avoiding the fine, but $12 million is a rounding error compared to the cost of doing this properly.
TL;DR: nothing will change.
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’ve never felt safe in a dollar general.
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 months ago
You shouldn’t.
VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Fine them 1% of their total profit for the last 3 years every week until the problem is fixed.
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Total revenue. Accountants can play fuck fuck games with “profit” to make hundreds of millions just disappear.
Follow the EUs lead. Their fines on revenue do real damage.
radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Totally sticking “fuck fuck games” in my thoughtionary.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
While that would be pertinent for many American companies, Dollar General only operates within the US and Mexico, and Mexico’s tax rate is 9% higher for corporations.
BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 4 months ago
You dropped a couple zeros there.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 4 months ago
$12M? Oh noes! That is probably a minutes profit.
Nope according to reported 2023 numbers its around 3.5 days net profit.
Hit them for thirty days or even one quarters profit and they might care.rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I saw that paper in the office yesterday. All I thought was “not my fucking problem”. Now I have a good chance to maybe get some retribution for all the abuse.
pdxfed@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I was thinking about the fact that this just means unfortunate retail employees are going to get a fire drill when they are already systematically understaffed, under-trained, concerned about retaliation and exhausted.
The settlement should involve dollar general footing the bill for extra, added staff to make the safety changes.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If you haven’t seen John Oliver’s Dollar Stores segment, I highly recommend it. You will see exactly what these stores are doing to these employees.
hahattpro@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Really good video. Thank for sharing
Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
concidering the lack of staff in these stores, I think safety is the least of their problems, I’m amazed that they can make a profit, no surveillance whatsoever, no security, I’ve seen people walk in, grab a handful of items and just walk out cause they know they won’t be stopped and that the store lacks the staffing for anyone to identify anything
kubica@fedia.io 4 months ago
snooggums@midwest.social 4 months ago
After 13 years the corporate leadership that leads to this consistent violation of safety regulations should be in jail.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Don’t worry. OSHA should be unconstitutional soon.