Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island treasurers urge Stop & Shop to negotiate with Teamsters Local 25 to avoid potential picketing.

Rhode Island State Treasurer James Diossa, along with the state treasurers of Connecticut and Rhode Island, have sent a letter to Stop & Shop and its parent company, Dutch-Belgian multinational retail and wholesale holding company Ahold Delhaize,

The state treasurers of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut are urging Stop & Shop to resolve the ongoing contract dispute with the union that represents hundreds of workers at its Freetown distribution facility.

Stop & Shop's employee union says the company is threatening to close a distribution center if workers there don't accept worse health care plans.

The State Treasurers of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut sent a letter to Ahold Delhaize, the owner of Stop & Shop, expressing “deep concern” regarding the ongoing dispute on workers’ healthcare coverage Tuesday.

Stop & Shop plans to close its Freetown, Mass. warehouse if Teamsters don't agree to concessions, impacting stores in the Southeast of New England.

Now, politicians in New England are weighing in on the labor fight.