Stop & Shop Strike Vote Postponed

Lindenhurst shoppers who patronize Stop and Shop won't see any changes to current in-store services as the union representing more than 1,100 workers with the grocery store chain has again postponed a strike vote.

In a statement released late on Monday, March 4, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union said the vote was delayed while the union continued working to find “mutually agreeable solutions to remaining bargaining issues.”

The UFCW Local 342 - which represents meat, seafood and deli workers at Stop and Shop stores throughout Long Island as well as the five boroughs of New York City - originally planned to hold a strike vote this past Friday.

That vote was initially delayed until Monday.

Stop and Shop operates one store in West Islip on Union Boulevard, plus two nearby locations in West Babylon and one in Amityville.

According to union officials, Stop and Shop is proposing wage freezes, reductions in pension benefits, cuts to the hours of part-time workers and changes to healthcare coverage.

The union said it's countered with freezes in healthcare and pension costs, “fair” wage increases and no changes in any other conditions.

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