SPRINGFIELD — Stop & Shop supermarkets reached a tentative four-year agreement Thursday with five union locals representing a total of 28,500 workers in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Members meet Sunday for a ratification vote at locations across the three states. The local vote is in Chicopee. If approved, the contract will last until 2030.
That includes 1,400 Western Massachusetts Stop & Shop employees who are members of United Food and Commercial Workers local 1459 in Springfield, said local President Jeff Jones Friday. The Springfield local represents Stop & Shop employees across Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden and Berkshire counties…