A strike is looming over Cease & Store as an ongoing contract dispute reaches a key date.
Friday marks the deadline for a brand new contract settlement between the grocery chain and union employees on the distribution heart in Freetown, Massachusetts. If that contract is not reached, either side have threatened to take motion.
The corporate says with no deal, it’ll make plans to shut the power and outsource the work to a 3rd social gathering. The warehouse wouldn’t shut Friday, however at a later date in June to permit ample time for the transition to a third-party distributor.
Cease & Store says it’s in search of to cut back labor prices on the facility by implementing a brand new well being plan.
Cease & Store says it’ll shut its distribution heart in Freetown, Massachusetts, and outsource the work if it can’t attain a brand new settlement with the Teamsters Native 25 union by the tip of the month.
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However the Teamsters Native 25 — who symbolize the 900 employees on the warehouse, and picketed right here with them final week – have to this point rejected that proposal, saying it might require employees to contribute 20% of the prices.
The 5 native United Meals & Business Staff unions which symbolize roughly 30,000 Cease & Store staff all through New England have vowed to strike in solidarity with the Teamsters if a deal isn’t reached at this time.
If that occurs – these unions say you could possibly see an affect at your native grocery retailer.
The state treasurers of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut have gotten concerned – sending a letter to the grocery store large, encouraging it to “have interaction in good religion negotiations” with the Teamsters.
Cease & Store despatched us a press release this morning saying partly, “Cease & Store’s shops stay open and able to serve our prospects, and we don’t anticipate any disruptions to our retailer operations.”
The deadline is about for midnight.
