Democratic hopefuls have pounced on the issue, siding with workers.
More than 31,000 workers from grocery chain Stop & Shop walked off the job at more than 200 stores on April 11 after negotiations between union leaders and company management failed to produce a new contract.
The proposal includes raising employee contributions to the company’s healthcare plan from $2 to $4 per week. That increase would still place contributions under the national average, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's 2018 Employer Health Benefit Survey. “Our 31,000 members who work at Stop & Shop work incredibly hard to provide the great customer service that has made the company billions of dollars in profit and the top grocery store in New England," the union said in a statement.
Union members picket a Stop & Shop prior to the arrival of former Vice President Joe Biden on April 18, 2019 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Thousands of unionized Stop & Shop workers across New England walked off the job last week in an ongoing strike in response to a proposed contract which the United Food & Commercial Workers union says would cut health care benefits and pensions for employees.
On Thursday, former Vice President Joe Biden — who is expected to officially announce his 2020 candicacy in the coming week — traveled to the picket line and issued words of encouragement that echoed his April 12 declaration of solidarity.
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