The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328, representing Stop & Shop workers, announced on Monday that they have reached a four year agreement with the supermarket. Over 98 percent of union members in attendance for the ratification meeting voted in favor of the agreement. The agreement comes as a relief to Nantucket, where Stop & Shop is the lone major supermarket on the island. This agreement ensures that a strike, similar to the 11-day strike in April of 2019, will not happen.
– Immediate wage increases across the board for the entire duration of the contract for all employees with at least 6 months of service.
– Protected time and a half on Sunday and holidays.
– Secured pension for full-time and part-time workers for the life of the contract.
– Affordable and quality healthcare with ZERO increase in members’ weekly contributions during the entire duration of the contract.
– Improved healthcare/lower deductibles.
– Improved dental benefit still at no cost for part-time & full time-workers.
– Protected vision benefit still at no cost for part-time & full-time workers.
– Increased starting rates.
– Increased Classification Rates.
– Higher wages delivered faster with a reduced scale for full-time workers.
– Increased pharmacy technician rates.
– Relief pay for Deli & Night Crew.
– New classification of an Online Shopping Lead.
– Appreciation bonus for part-time and full-time workers.
– Protection for home delivery drivers with no layoffs due to third party vendors.
– Increased guaranteed hours for long-term part-time workers.
– Zero concessions.
