Elizabeth Warren tells Stop & Shop shoppers, 'Do not cross the picket line'

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Updated 2:10 PM; Today 1:15 PM

By Shira Schoenberg | [e-mail]

SOMERVILLE - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat running for president in 2020, delivered donuts and coffee to picketing Stop & Shop workers in Somerville on Friday, and urged shoppers to take their business elsewhere.

“Do not cross the picket line,” Warren said. “Understand people on the picket line are not just fighting for their families. They’re fighting for all our families. They’re fighting for basic fairness and equality in this country.”

On Thursday, the unions representing 31,000 Stop & Shop workers across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut voted to go on strike. Their contract expired in February, and they have been unable to reach a deal on a new one.

Warren shook hands with workers and encouraged them with a pro-union message.

FULL story: https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/04/elizabeth-warren-tells-stop-shop-shoppers-do-not-cross-the-picket-line.html


AP

Democratic Presidential hopeful, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks after she joined striking Stop & Shop supermarket employees on the picket line on Friday, April 12, 2019, in Somerville, Mass. Unionized workers in three states walked off the job on Thursday over stalled contract negotiations. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)