The worker revolt comes to a Dollar General in Connecticut
Sophie Park
Freelance Photographer
based in Boston, MA
BARKHAMSTED, CT - NOVEMBER 18: Shellie Parsons, 37, pushes shopping carts out the front doors of the Dollar General that she works at in Barkhamsted, Connecticut on November 18, 2021. (Photo by Sophie Park for The Washington Post) Barkhamsted United States
TORRINGTON, CT - NOVEMBER 18: From left, Emma Velez, and Bella Marinelli, 8, eat their McDonalds dinner while Shellie Parsons, 37, prepares to drop Bella off with her father at the Big Y in Torrington, Connecticut on November 18, 2021. (Photo by Sophie Park for The Washington Post) Torrington United States
WINSTED, CT - NOVEMBER 16: From left, Shellie Parsons, 37, helps her daughter, Bella Marinelli, 8, put her shoes on after finding socks for her to wear before leaving her apartment in Winsted, Connecticut on November 16, 2021. Bella’s hair is still wet from taking a quick shower. On Tuesdays, Shellie spends three hours with Bella, and is court ordered to drop Bella off with her father no later than 8PM at a Big Y in Torrington, Connecticut. (Photo by Sophie Park for The Washington Post) Winsted United States
TORRINGTON, CT - NOVEMBER 18: Shellie Parsons, 37, cleans a bedroom at client’s home in Torrington, Connecticut on November 18, 2021. On her days off, Shellie cleans houses and is trying to start her own small cleaning business. (Photo by Sophie Park for The Washington Post) Torrington United States
TORRINGTON, CT - NOVEMBER 18: Shellie Parsons, 37, cleans the bathroom of a client’s home while sweat collects on the tip of her nose in Torrington, Connecticut on November 18, 2021. On her days off, Shellie cleans houses and is trying to start her own small cleaning business. (Photo by Sophie Park for The Washington Post) Torrington United States
TORRINGTON, CT - NOVEMBER 16: From left, Shellie Parsons, 37, walks with her daughter, Bella Marinelli, 8, towards the Big Y in Torrington, Connecticut where Shellie must hand off Bella to her ex-partner on November 16, 2021. (Photo by Sophie Park for The Washington Post)
TORRINGTON, CT - NOVEMBER 18: A photo strip of Shellie Parsons, 37, and her daughter from the day they were reunited after months of being apart, sits on Shellie’s dash while her gas light indicates that her gas tank is empty in Torrington, Connecticut on November 18, 2021. Shellie says that the photos symbolize the beginning of the fight for her daughter. (Photo by Sophie Park for The Washington Post) Torrington United States
WINSTED, CT - NOVEMBER 17: Shellie Parsons, 37, runs to her car after buying a coffee from a Cumberland Farms near her apartment on the way to an early opening shift at Dollar General in Winsted, Connecticut on November 17, 2021. Because her store is behind on inventory which is due later that morning, she was asked to clock in at 4:00AM instead of her usual 6:00AM start. (Photo by Sophie Park for The Washington Post) Winsted United States
TORRINGTON, CT - NOVEMBER 16: Shellie Parsons, 37, closes her eyes while crying as she drives to her apartment after dropping her daughter off with her ex-partner in Torrington, Connecticut on November 16, 2021. “Nobody understands what I gotta go through,” she says, and adds that she cries nearly every time she leaves her daughter with her ex. Shellie is quiet for the drive home, and listens to country music. (Photo by Sophie Park for The Washington Post)
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The worker revolt comes to a Dollar General in Connecticut
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