FREETOWN - Teamsters Local 25 said it has reached a tentative agreement with Stop & Shop that will keep the company's Freetown distribution center open. Contract affects 900 employees ...

A spokesman for the Teamsters said the workers are governed by a contract that expires March 29. The distribution center in Freetown, near the Fall River border and Route 24, first opened in 2004.

During contract negotiations, the company demanded that Teamsters employed at the Freetown distribution center at 136 S. Main St. give up their union health care plan which has been in place for ...

Teamsters Local 25, which represents more than 900 workers at the Freetown facility, said it’s over the Stop & Shop’s “blatant union busting” tactics.

The dispute originated over Stop & Shop's proposal to change the health plan that the 900 Teamsters union members have through the company. The company said it would be able to keep the Freetown ...

The company wrote Friday morning: “We are disappointed that Teamsters Local 25 has not been willing to engage in discussions around proposals that would keep the Stop & Shop Freetown facility open.

A spokesman for Teamsters Local 25 said hundreds of unionized workers are employed at the warehouse, 136 S. Main St. in Freetown. Hundreds of jobs at stake: Stop & Shop is threatening to close its ...

"Teamsters Local 25 and Stop & Shop today reached a tentative agreement on a new, six-year contract for associates at Stop & Shop’s Freetown distribution center. As a result, and pending ...

Teamsters Local 25 and Stop & Shop have reached tentative agreement on a six-year contract for more than 900 warehouse workers in Southeastern Massachusetts. Pending ratification, the distribution ...