Apwu133 Posted April 17, 2019 Posted April 17, 2019 Web News Article #: 26-2019 On Thursday, Apr. 11, nearly 31,000 workers at over 240 Stop & Shop grocery stores in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut walked out, beginning a strike that stretched into a seventh day on Wednesday. The workers, unionized under five New England-based locals of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), began the strike after months of negotiations with Stop & Shop reached an impasse and the collective bargaining agreement expired on Feb. 23. The strike is the largest private-sector work stoppage in the United States since 2016’s Verizon strike by members of the Communications Workers of America. View the full article
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