Stop & Shop Strike: Cape Cod Stores Affected

CAPE COD, MA — Thousands of Stop & Shop employees across three states walked off the job Thursday after their union and the company failed to negotiate a new contracted. The workers are represented by the United Food & Commercial Workers Locals 1445, 328, 371, 919 and 1459.

All 134 supermarkets in Massachusetts are impacted by the strike, including 17 locations on the Cape and Islands:

1. 1 Trowbridge Place, Bourne
2. 20 Teaticket Highway, East Falmouth
3. 71 Quaker Meeting House Rd., Sandwich
4. 39 Nathan Ellis Highway, Mashpee
5. 3900 Falmouth Rd., Marstons Mills
6. 425 Attucks Ln., Hyannis
7. 474 Station Ave., South Yarmouth
8. 55 Long Pond Dr., South Yarmouth
9. 500 Route 134, South Dennis
10. Rt. 39 and Rt. 37, Harwich
11. 24 Rt. 6A, Orleans
12. 56 Shank Painter Rd., Provincetown
13. 50 Water St., Vineyard Haven
14. 245 Vineyard Haven Rd., Edgartown
15. 225 Upper Main St., Edgartown
16. 9 Salem St., Nantucket
17. 31 Sparks Ave., Nantucket

Many stores, including those in Hyannis, Orleans, Provincetown and Mashpee, are closed, according to the Cape Cod Times. Stop & Shop officials said they have a "contingency plan" in place but did not elaborate.

Related: Massachusetts Stop & Shop Workers Strike

The walkout started around 1:15 p.m. Reports say customers were asked to leave their groceries behind and leave the stores.

Stop & Shop released this statement:

"Given that negotiations with assistance of the federal mediators are continuing, we are disappointed that the UFCW chose to order a work stoppage in an attempt to disrupt service at our stores. Stop & Shop has contingency plans in place to minimize disruption."

Workers' previous contract expired in February. At the center of negotiations was time-and-a-half pay for Sundays and holidays, which the union said the company was trying to strip away.

Stop & Shop said at the time the agreement had to be in line with industry changes. With minimum wages gradually increasing each year until it reaches $15 an hour, Massachusetts is in the process of phasing out time-and-a-half pay for Sundays and holidays.