Stop & Shop employees from all over New England are preparing to strike. A contract dispute over a distribution warehouse in Freetown, Massachusetts between the store and Teamsters Local 25, a Boston-based labor union representing many local Stop & Shop employees,

Stop & Shop and Teamsters Local 25 are in a contract dispute that could lead to a strike and the closure of a Massachusetts distribution center.

Health care plan negotiations at a Freetown distribution site could have widespread ramifications at Stop & Shop stores across New England.