Stop & Shop Agrees to New Contract with Workers

Stop & Shop workers have approved a new three-year contract, ensuring that the company will avert a strike, according to Boston.com.

Several local chapters of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union approved the new contract in a vote on Sunday. The contract affects roughly 40,000 workers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Among the affected stores is Grafton's Stop & Shop location.

It has been reported that the new deal has increased pay and provided more affordable health care coverage for part-time workers, and also helps avoid a strike, which Stop & Shop had been preparing for by looking for temporary workers.