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March 08, 2010
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UFCW MEMBERS CELEBRATE NEW CONTRACT WITH STOP & SHOP

Agreement Benefits New England Workers, Company, Community

(BOSTON, MA) – On March 7, thousands of Stop & Shop supermarket workers from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut ratified new contracts with Ahold, the Dutch-owned parent company.  Highlights of the agreements between the members of the United Food and Commercial Workers and Stop & Shop include:                     

  • Immediate bonus pay and hourly raises over the three-year contract;
  • increased access to affordable health benefits for part-time workers; and
  • strengthening of retirement security for all workers.

Ratification of the contracts stands to benefit Stop & Shop, the workers that have made the company a market-leading success, and communities around New England. When UFCW members unanimously authorized a strike in the event an agreement could not be reached, communities around the region spoke out to keep middle-class jobs in their neighborhoods. While negotiations of this size and complexity are rarely quick or easy, the resulting agreements have secured the future of thousands of New England families as well as the region’s leading grocer.

Stop & Shop workers are represented by UFCW Locals 328, 371, 919, 1459, and 1445.

 

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The 1.3 million member United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is America's neighborhood union representing workers in neighborhood grocery stores across the country. UFCW puts dinner on the table for America's families with members working in meatpacking and food processing.
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