MALDEN, Mass. — The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate known as "Mayor Pete" joined striking Stop and Shop workers in Malden Friday.
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, showed up in Massachusetts to support workers rallying to get better healthcare and wages from the grocery store chain.
South Bend, IN Mayor and Presidential Candidate Peter Buttigieg taking to striking workers at Malden @StopandShop. pic.twitter.com/0Ia6kabQfP
— Robert Goulston (@rgoulston) April 19, 2019
Buttigieg spoke to a group of workers gathered outside a retail location in Malden.
.@StopandShop union employee contract dispute continues into holiday weekend. We’re in Malden where Presidential candidate Peter Buttigieg is going to appear. Negotiations are continuing Friday we are told. pic.twitter.com/DK6ASqyP2r
— Robert Goulston (@rgoulston) April 19, 2019
.@PeteButtigieg chatting with workers in Malden. Today is one woman’s 20 year anniversary working for Stop & Shop. #ShopAndShopStrike pic.twitter.com/pBQHQiaJwt
— Jordan Meehan 🏳️🌈 (@JordanMeehan) April 19, 2019
The company and the union representing employees across the northeast were set to continue negotiations Friday, but the grocery company declined to speak about the state of the dispute.
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