Bay State Gov. Deval Patrick and New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan last night personally joined the negotiations over the long-drawn-out Market Basket dispute that has put a multibillion-dollar company and tens of thousands of jobs at risk in both states.
"Governor Hassan and Governor Patrick met at length on Sunday evening with interested parties in the Market Basket situation," said Patrick spokeswoman Heather Nichols in a statement. "The parties have made real progress on the terms of the sale and operating control of the company, and the governors are encouraged that a resolution may be within reach."
The move came as hundreds of Market Basket workers approach a new work-or-be-fired deadline today and as thousands of part-time workers already have seen their hours cut to zero.
The nearly monthlong battle between new management and employees and customers of the multibillion-dollar supermarket chain started when the board controlled by Arthur S. Demoulas ousted his cousin Arthur T. Demoulas in June. That has prompted job walkouts and protests by many of the chain's 30,000 workers as well as customers.
Last week, Market Basket co-CEOs Felicia Thornton and James Gooch sent letters to protesting employees telling them that they have until today to return to work.
"We are writing one final time, to invite you to return to work and perform your job obligations," the letter, which was posted on the "My Demoulas" Twitter page, reads. "Should you choose to ignore either of these directives, the company will consider you to have abandoned your job, thereby ending your employment with the company."
Patrick's office became involved in the dispute earlier this month, as he urged workers to return to their jobs on Wednesday "to stabilize" the crippled company.
His family ties to the downtown law firm representing Market Basket's independent board members — which he disclosed in an ethics filing after he was questioned about a possible conflict — has raised questions about his transparency with the public.
The governor's wife, Diane Patrick, is a co-managing partner, specializing in advising employers on labor relations, with the law firm Ropes & Gray.
That firm represents the independent directors on Market Basket's board.
The PR firm representing the independent directors said in a statement last week: "Diane Patrick has not in any manner been involved in Ropes & Gray's representation of the independent directors of the Board nor of the Committees of the Board."
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