This will impact the Evergreen King Soopers branch, but not Conifer's. For which stores are directly impacted, hover over the city names in the article below.
King Soopers union members plan to walk off the job to protest unfair labor practices on Wednesday because negotiations on a new contract have failed to reach a resolution, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 officials said Friday.
The strike will affect 87 grocery stores mostly in the Front Range and approximately 8,400 Colorado workers.
King Soopers union workers vote to strike, which could begin as early as Sunday
Contentious negotiations for a new contract have led to lawsuits and charges of unfair labor practices. A strike could happen on Jan. 9, a day after the existing contract expires.
Tamara Chuang, The Colorado Sun
9:06 AM MST on Jan 4, 2022
Union members in Denver and Colorado Springs have authorized a strike at 87 King Soopers stores along the Front Range over what they call unfair labor practices. Union officials said a strike at the grocery chain could come as soon as Sunday.
The growing tension between workers and management continued to escalate as the existing contract nears its end on Saturday. Last week, the union sued King Soopers in U.S. District Court in Denver for violating the collective bargaining contract and hiring non-union temporary workers.
On Tuesday, King Soopers spokeswoman Jessica Trowbridge said the company was in the process of filing unfair labor practice charges against the UFCW Local 7 and its union president “for its bad faith bargaining and tactics as well as pursuing other legal action for unlawful conduct.”
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