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3 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | March 14, 2022 BIZ BRIEFS Unions approve new Stop & Shop contract HBJ FILE PHOTO The Stop & Shop in Cromwell at 195 West St. Unionized Stop & Shop workers have approved a new four-year contract with their employer that union leadership said will deliver "historic" wage increases and benefits. Stop & Shop employees represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers locals 371 and 919 — numbering nearly 10,000 across Connecticut and western Massachusetts — voted "overwhelmingly" to lock in the new deal, which includes hourly wage increases of up to $4 for every member with at least six months on the job, according to union officials. The contract also sets increased starting rates — $17.50 for new full-time workers, $15 for part time — boosts pay for department heads and managers, increases certain health insurance benefits, fully funds the company's pension plan and guarantees a one-time "appreciation bonus" of $500 for full-time staff and $250 for part-time workers. Farmington approves 199- unit mixed-use apartment development The Farmington Planning and Zoning Commission has approved a mixed-use development that will yield new apartments and commercial space at a site along Farmington Avenue. According to an application submitted to town officials by JRF Management LLC and Kaoud Real Estate Development LLC, the partners will build 199 apartment units and over 54,000 square feet of commercial space in new and rehabilitated buildings at 1349, 1371, 8218 and 8237 Farmington Ave. The McCallum industrial building, situated between Farmington Avenue and the Farmington River, will be converted for residential and commercial use, eventually joining other residential buildings that would be built in the area. The developers also plan to reconfigure and extend a section of the Farmington Heritage Canal Trail that runs through the area, crossing 8560 New Britain Ave. and 8794 Sequassen Road. Feds: CT's union membership rate dropped back to pre- pandemic levels as non-union positions returned The share of Connecticut workers represented by organized labor dropped sharply between 2020 and 2021, according to new data from federal researchers, but the numbers likely say more about the gradual rebound of non-union positions during that period than the strength of unions themselves. In 2021, union members accounted for 14.6% of wage and salary workers in Connecticut, down from 2020, when that figure stood at 17.1%, according to the New England Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The drop brings the state back in line with pre-pandemic figures from 2019, when unionized employees represented 14.5% of Connecticut's workforce. BLS researchers said the share of union positions increased on paper in 2020 because so many non- union jobs were wiped out by the lockdowns and economic restrictions enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As those jobs gradually came back through 2021, the pre- pandemic balance between union and non-union workers reemerged. Connecticut had approximately 223,000 union members in 2021. Waterbury-based marine chemicals company seeks $1M from state lawmakers A marine chemicals and services company is angling for a $1 million grant from the legislature to expand in Waterbury. In May 2020, Drew Marine President and CEO Frank Monteiro announced plans to build manufacturing, warehousing and research facilities in Waterbury. The promise was to bring 50 jobs. Not quite a year later, Monteiro invited local political heavyweights and press to leased industrial space in Waterbury to celebrate completion of research facilities, the last step in an $8.2 million retrofit of the building. Now, Waterbury-area legislators are forwarding a bill that would funnel $1 million to the company through the state Department of Economic and Community Development to help support the expansion. 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