Tag: Joe Kelley
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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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‘Let’s reclaim it together’: Table Mesa King Soopers reopens for first time since mass shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tom Weis left the King Soopers on Table Mesa Drive in Boulder on Wednesday morning feeling empowered. Weis, a south Boulder resident, has been shopping at the store for as long as he can remember, he said. On Wednesday, he went inside for the first…
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Kings Soopers strike ends with tentative deal
Striking King Soopers and City Market workers appeared to return to work Friday after Kroger Co. and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 officials announced a tentative early-morning agreement. Picketers were gone from at least three metro Denver area stores Friday visited by Denver Gazette journalists. The tentative pact ends the-almost 10-day strike that…
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King Soopers strike imminent after ‘last, best and final offer’
With United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union representatives rejecting King Soopers/City Market’s “last, best and final offer” Tuesday, it looks as though picket lines in metro Denver stores will materialize at 5 a.m. Wednesday. More than 8,700 workers at 78 Denver metro area stores plan to walk out Wednesday morning. Colorado Springs stores…
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King Soopers strike seems inevitable after union, management trade barbs
King Soopers officials and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 representatives hurled “unfair labor practices” accusations at each other Monday, pointing more and more to a strike starting Wednesday. In a news release, King Soopers said it “filed unfair labor practice charges against UFCW Local 7 for refusing to bargain in good faith.” Within…