The battle between Stop & Shop and union workers is heating up. Now, politicians in New England are weighing in on the labor fight. “As the state treasurers of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut,

State treasurers in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island say they are seriously concerned about the negotiations happening between Stop & Shop and its workers.

After Rhode Island’s lieutenant governor weighed in Thursday evening in favor of the union protesting Stop & Shop’s plans to close a Freetown facility, the grocery chain is now giving a deadline for the end of the month for a contract agreement.

Teamsters Local 25 and Stop & Shop have reached tentative agreement on a six-year contract for more than 900 warehouse workers in Southeastern Massachusetts.

A strike is looming over Stop & Shop as an ongoing contract dispute reaches a key date. Friday marks the deadline for a new contract agreement between the grocery chain and union workers at the distribution center in Freetown,

The state treasurers of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut sent a letter to Ahold Delhaize, the owner of Stop & Shop, expressing “deep concern” regarding the ongoing dispute on workers’ healthcare coverage earlier this week.

With the threat of closing its Freetown distribution center looming, Stop & Shop reached an agreement with Teamsters Local 25 on a new six-year contract.

Teamsters Local 25 members protested outside the Stop & Shop distribution facility in Freetown, Massachusetts, on Feb. 21, 2025. A looming strike by Stop & Shop workers was averted Friday afternoon, as the grocery and a union for its associates announced a contract dispute had been resolved with a tentative agreement.