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February 21, 2007

Stop & Shop still talking as strike deadline looms

Union negotiators and Stop & Shop executives are "still talking" this afternoon over a new contract for the supermarket chain's 43,000 unionized employees, confirmed representatives of both sides.

Talks between the United Food and Commercial Workers union and Stop & Shop are expected to continue into the evening, with a "flexible" start time for negotiations to resume Thursday morning, if needed.

Five UFCW locals, which represent Stop & Shop workers in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut, already have voted to strike if no settlement is reached this week.

The locals' contract with Stop & Shop expired over the weekend. Stop & Shop is seeking people to replace its unionized workers should the union decide to strike. That's left some shoppers wary of crossing picket lines, according to a projo.com survey.

-- Journal staff writer Paul Grimaldi

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 5:27 PM | Permalink

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