A Stop & Shop union that includes employees from the Stop & Shop stores in Vineyard Haven and Edgartown voted unanimously Sunday to authorize a strike.
The union has been negotiating with Stop & Shop over a new contract for employees, as its previous contract expires this year. The Island’s two Stop & Shops are part of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328, which is based in Providence, R.I. Local 1445 and Local 328 are two of five unions working together to negotiate new contracts with Stop & Shop. All five unions have now authorized strikes. A Boston union was the first to authorize a strike, last month.
The union posted about the vote on Facebook and Twitter Sunday, and included a video of union members voting at a meeting in Foxboro.
“UFCW Local 328 members employed at Stop & Shop unanimously voted to authorize a strike today! We would like to thank our membership for their amazing turnout despite the bad weather. We stand strong and united for a deal that respects our hard-working members, their families, and the communities they serve,” the post reads.
That’s what we need on Martha’s Vineyard, higher grocery prices.
Stock up, while it’s still open, and you can almost afford it.
The guy down the road from the VH S&S who can be seen sweeping his parking lot most mornings, was spotted doing cartwheels in the aisles of his store. What do you call a 20% discount off prices raised by 30%?
A fool and his money are soon parted. Anybody who shops at the store that looks like a Sonic Drive In either has unlimited funds or hasn’t found their way to Reliable Market. If Stop & Shop goes on strike finding a parking spot on Circuit Ave may get to be a problem even in the Winter
We know what this is about. The company bought back 1 billion of its stock through the Trump tax break like many did. Doesnt that make their stock worth more? Sounds like another stimulus for the stock market.