NEW ORLEANS – Dollar General has reduced its New Orleans footprint from 11 stores to one since August 2024, including the recent closures of locations on Poland Avenue, North Broad Street and Earhart Boulevard, as workers seek severance pay, transfer opportunities and an explanation from the retailer.
Dollar General Workers Seek Severance, Transfers
Workers organizing with the New Economic Justice Organizing Project, part of Step Up Louisiana, said some employees learned a week before the closure that they had lost their jobs, while others said they were informed the morning of a scheduled shift that the stores were no longer open.
Dollar General previously said its decision to close five New Orleans East stores in August 2024 resulted from an evaluation of the “operational effectiveness” of those locations. The company also closed a DG Market on St. Bernard Avenue in September 2025 and a store on South Claiborne Avenue in April 2026. Dollar General has not publicly announced a reason for the most recent New Orleans closures.
Workers organizing with the New Economic Justice Organizing Project are calling for four weeks of severance pay, transfers for employees interested in remaining with the company and additional information about why the stores were closed…