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February 28, 2007

Update: 'Crucial' point in Stop & Shop talks

PROVIDENCE – As contract talks continue this week, a Stop & Shop union leader said this morning that he expects today, tomorrow and possibly Friday to be “pivotal, crucial days” as both sides seek to hammer out a contract days after 43,000 union members had authorized a strike could begin.

Although talks were scheduled on Sunday to last through today, according to the supermarket chain, they’re now likely to go beyond that time frame, said Jim Riley, secretary-treasurer of Local 328, which covers Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts employees. Talks that were expected to re-start this morning are now likely to pick up this afternoon, in the new Hilton Hotel in Providence, Riley said.

“We’re going to take as long as it takes,” Riley said. “Right now, the members are warm, they’re working, they’re getting paychecks and we’re still talking.”

“We expect to have this taken care of very, very soon,” he said.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 11:33 AM | Permalink

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