Thousands of Stop & Shop employees vote to approve strikes, the union said
Stop and shop employees who are members of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1445 Union "overwhelmingly" voted to approve a strike, if necessary, according to trade unions. Members of UFCW Local 1445 gathered at Lombardo in Randolph Sunday morning after their contract with Stop & Shop expired at midnight. The workers voted after hearing a detailed update on negotiations with the company. Nearly 10,000 of the 15,000 members of the UFCW Local Assembly at Stop & Shop .UFCW. Local 1445 officials said the union and four others represented more than 30,000 New England stop and shop workers negotiating a new contract with grocery chain representatives over the past couple of weeks. According to the UFCW Local 1[ads1]445, all the Stop & Shop proposals in negotiations have only cut workers, despite the parent company Ahold Delhaize, netting $ 74 billion in sales last year. The community also said that Ahold Delhaize authorized over $ 1 billion in share purchase for its shareholders. "This is a slap in the face of our members, our communities and Stop & Shop customers," said UFCW Local 1445 President Jeff Bollen. "Instead of investing in our members, many of whom have given Stop & Shop over 40 years of service, Ahold would rather send money overseas. This only serves to increase the revenue of wealthy leaders and hurts our communities along with our service loyal customers expect in their stores Today, local 1445 members stood strong and demanded that Stop & Shop invested in all of us. "Stop & Shop released the following statement to WCVB in response to the Union vote to approve strikes:" We continue to work hard To Get Strong New Contracts That Ensure Stop & Shop Still A Great Place To Work With Competitive Salaries And Affordable Health Care For Qualified Employees Full-time Stop & Shop employees are among the highest paid food workers in the region, investing up to $ 2 billion to upgrade our stores over the next few years to better serve our customers and communities, as we also reduce prices and expand r opportunities for our employees. "We are proud of our relationship with our staff and optimistic that we will be able to reach a new agreement. We continue to negotiate in good faith and remain committed to reaching a decision as soon as possible." UFCW Local 1445 officials said that The Union will meet Stop & Shop on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to continue talks. will probably begin.
DEDHAM, Mass. –
Stop & Shop employees who are members of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1445 Union "overwhelmingly" voted to approve a strike, if necessary, according to union members.
Members of UFCW Local 1445 gathered at Lombardo in Randolph Sunday morning after the contract with Stop & Shop expired at midnight. The workers voted after hearing a detailed update on negotiations with the company.
Nearly 10,000 of the 15,000 members of the UFCW Local 1445 union at Stop & Shop.
UFCW Local 1445 officials said the Union and four others represented more Stop and shop workers in New England have negotiated a new contract with grocery chain representatives over the past few weeks.
According to the UFCW Local 1445, all the Stop & Shop proposals in negotiations have only cut workers, despite the parent company Ahold Delhaize, netting $ 74 billion in sales last year. The community also said that Ahold Delhaize authorized over $ 1 billion in share purchase for its shareholders.
"This is a blow in the face of our members, our communities and Stop & Shop customers," said UFCW Local 1445 President Jeff Bollen. "Instead of investing in our members, many of whom have given Stop & Shop over 40 years of service, Ahold would rather send money overseas. This only serves to increase the revenue of wealthy leaders and hurts our communities along with that service. our loyal customers expect in their stores. Today, local 1445 members stood strong and demanded that Stop & Shop invested in all of us. "
Stop & Shop released the following statement to WCVB in response to the Union vote to approve strikes: [19659010] "We continue to work hard to reach strong new contracts ensuring that Stop & Shop is still a great place to work with competitive salaries and affordable health care for qualified employees. Full-time stop and shop associations are among the highest paid food retailers in the region. Stop & Shop has signed up to $ 2 billion to upgrade our stores over the next few years to better serve our customers and communities as we also lowers prices and expands opportunities for our employees.
"We are proud of our relationship with our staff and optimistic that we will be able to reach a new agreement. We continue to negotiate in good faith and remain committed to reaching a decision as soon as possible."
UFCW Local 1445 officials said the Union will meet Stop & Shop on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to continue talks. , a strike will probably begin.
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