Dollar General Illegally Silences Staff Online, Teamsters Claim

Dollar General Corp. “sabotaged” employees’ rights to communicate about workplace issues, the Teamsters union alleged in a federal complaint targeting the retailer’s social media policies.

The union’s complaint, filed Tuesday with the National Labor Relations Board, accuses Dollar General of violating the 1935 law that establishes workers’ rights to organize and protest working conditions. That law has been interpreted in recent years to cover communications between co-workers using platforms like Facebook.