Dive Summary:
- Almost 40,000 workers were about to go on strike as Stop & Shops in New England were not able to appease the workers unions.
- Fortunately, after much debate, an agreement was reached and the unions voted in favor of the new contracts.
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Stop & Shop, fearing the worst, had already begun the search for replacement workers for all of its stores if the deal hadn't been reached.
From the article:
Members of several local chapters of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union voted to approve the contract Sunday in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Specific details of the contract haven’t been released, but union leaders say it contains pay raises and more affordable health care coverage for part-time workers. The labor deals are retroactive to Feb. 24.
