From the New Haven Register: About 5,000 workers in the meat, deli and fish departments of Stop & Shop supermarkets statewide could go on strike as early as next week. The union contract for members of Westport-based Local 371 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union is set to expire at midnight Saturday, along with contracts covering 37,000 other workers at Stop & Shop markets in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 'There has been no progress in the talks on anything,' said union President Brian A. Petronella Tuesday. Negotiations will resume at 10 a.m. Friday at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale. Those wishing to show their support for Stop and Shop workers can do so at a press conference outside of the Omni at 10 AM today.