Huffington Magazine Issue 69 | Page 47

JOIN THE BOOMING DOLLAR-STORE ECONOMY! HUFFINGTON 10.06.13 EMILE WAMSTEKER/ BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES “When you shopped those stores before, you really felt poor. Over the last few years they’ve really upgraded the shopping experience.” have been filed against the three primary dollar-store chains, according to court records. Such lawsuits are now common across industries, as workers sue employers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. But the dollarstore world in particular has become a breeding ground for alle- gations by workers that they were shorted on pay. For the dollar-store chains, worker lawsuits have simply become a cost of doing business. Earlier this year, 6,000 Dollar Tree workers joined a lawsuit against that company. They claimed they were forced to clock out for breaks, but had to continue working unpaid anyway. “The number of employment-