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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored Podcast #174: Stop & Strike
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Marching from the checkout line to the picket line, Stop & Shop workers staged the biggest private-sector strike in years, and came away with a pending contract agreement this week. More than 30,000 workers across New England stopped work for about three weeks, while their union, UFCW, kept the pressure on in talks over what many dismissed as a “union-busting” contract proposal. In the end, they won pay raises, preserved healthcare and pension benefits, and reached a deal over protecting contract terms for future workers. We caught up with two veteran Stop & Shop workers to talk...