Stop & Shop’s Union Says Tentative Agreement Reached UPDATED
Monday, April 22, 2019
After eleven days, Stop & Shop and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union have reached an agreement that will return 31,000 workers back to work this week.
The strike saw a stream of Democratic Presidential candidates join workers, including yet to formally announce former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.
The energy of the strike might have been best exemplified when one woman worker challenged former Boston Bruin Ray Bourque for crossing the picket line. The interaction was caught on video and went viral. Bourque later apologized.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThe showdown was a monumental event for organized labor in the United States.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328 issued at 7:30 PM on Sunday night the following statement:
***BREAKING NEGOTIATION NEWS***
Members, as of minutes ago, we have reached a tentative agreement with Stop & Shop. For the time being, all department managers and regularly scheduled daytime full-time should report to their store at 7:30 a.m. Monday. For all additional full- and part-time members, you should receive a phone call from your store no later than 12pm tomorrow to get your schedule for the week. If you do not receive a call, please call your store for your schedule.
Monetary benefits from the strike fund will still be coming soon for those who were on the lines.
We strongly encourage you to attend your Local’s contract ratification meeting for a complete and detailed report of what is in the contract. We will send you immediate notices of when and where your Local’s meeting will be. In the meantime, be proud of what you have accomplished on the line, thank your friends, neighbors and customers who signed petitions, brought food, and shared your message with the world. And most importantly, thank your union family who stood through bad weather and tough times, to hold the line with you. The message you sent by collectively standing up for yourselves, your families, and for good jobs, has resonated not only with the company, but all of America. Thank you for everything that you’ve done.
Stop & Shop has yet to issue a statement.
