Stop & Shop agrees to give frontline grocery store workers retroactive pay

BOSTON — Stop & Shop employees who worked in the company's grocery stores during July and August will receive a lump sum payment for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The company announced the agreement in a joint statement with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.

About 56,000 employees will receive payments equal to 10 % of their hours worked between Jul. 5 and Aug. 22.

"UFCW and Stop & Shop are proud to announce a tentative agreement has been reached on a new premium that recognizes Stop & Shop workers for their incredible efforts. The UFCW wants to acknowledge Stop & Shop for not only recognizing its workers, but for remaining committed to work with UFCW, America’s largest food and retail union, to better the lives of these dedicated workers and their families," officials said in a statement.