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Murphy, Blumenthal Support Fairfield Stop & Shop Strikers
31,000 workers in three states, including Connecticut, have been on strike over a number of issues, since last week.
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FAIRFIELD, CT - U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal visited striking Stop & Shop Workers in Fairfield Monday afternoon on the fifth day of the workers’ strike against the company.
Murphy said: “Stop & Shop workers are facing big cuts to their health care and take-home pay. I support folks who are standing up and speaking out. Stop & Shop has been a good community employer for decades, and it’s time for them to step up and provide fair wages and benefits for these workers as soon as possible.”
Stop & Shop locations in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are closed or partially operating as workers hold the picket lines to protest cuts stipulated in the company’s contract proposal.
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Workers said they had learned some temporary workers were in stores.
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