Tag: Grocery Stores
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King Soopers strike: Leaders from both sides reflect
Both sides of the recent grocery strike in metro Denver between United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 and Kroger Co. claimed victory, but differed wildly on how and why the final settlement was reached. Union President Kim Cordova and King Soopers/City Market President Joe Kelley talked (separately) with The Denver Gazette about the sometimes…
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CU economics professor on King Soopers strike: Don’t believe everything you hear
Take what both sides of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7’s strike against Kroger Co. are saying publicly with a grain of salt, University of Colorado-Boulder economics professor Jeffery Zax suggests. Zax has studied and taught labor and economics at CU since 1990. Below is a question and answer session, which has been edited…