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  March 8, 2007 Stop & Shop workers to vote on pact on Sunday By Donna Goodison The Boston Globe Some 43,000 unionized workers at Stop & Shop Supermarket Cos. will vote Sunday to ratify a new three-year contract or go on strike. Both sides return to the negotiating table today to hear Stop & Shop’s response to final proposals submitted last week by five United Food & Commercial Workers locals from Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. “There’s not going to be any more extensions - this is it,” said Richard Charette, president of Local 1445 in Dedham. “We’ve made progress on a lot of issues, but we have not made progress on the issues that can either prevent or cause us to be on the streets on Sunday.” The unions want a flat $40-a-week annual increase for full-time employees, while Stop & Shop has pushed for a $20-a-week increase awarded as a $10 increase each February and another $10 increase each August, Charette said. Several unions rallied in support of the UFCW locals at Stop & Shop’s Quincy headquarters yesterday.
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