Stop & Shop Management, Union Continue Negotiations As Strike Reaches Fifth Day
Stop & Shop and the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) continued their negotiations Monday as 31,000 employees of the supermarket chain Ahold Delhaize USA continue to strike throughout New England, Supermarket News reports.
The negotiations continued Monday, April 15 after running through the weekend.
UFCW Locals 328, 371, 919, 1445 and 1459 walked off their jobs at over 240 Stop & Shop stores in New England April 11, said Supermarket News.
When the strike began on Thursday, April 11, many stores were forced to close and customers were instructed to leave.
But by Friday, …
Owner's Death Puts Petland Out Of Business
Petland Discounts will close its 10 New Jersey stores, costing nearly 300 workers their jobs, following the death of the company's owner and founder.
Neil Padron, who was 74 when he succumbed to bladder cancer last month, launched the business in September 1965 in Queens, N.Y. -- originally as a tropical fish store.
Petland Discounts at its peak had 118 locations across the tri-state area.
All existing locations are expected to close, including 10 in New Jersey: Westwood, Paterson, Jersey City, West New York, North Bergen, Bayonne, Elizabeth, Orange and Irvington.
Petland filed…
