Tag: Labor Disputes
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Aurora’s Metco Landscape to lay off hundreds of workers
Aurora-based Metco Landscape is apparently going out of business, and on Monday filed a notice with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office that it will lay off hundreds of workers in its Denver metro area and Colorado Springs offices. The California investment firm that owns the 35-year Denver area landscaping company said Tuesday it’s in…
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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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Union ratifies King Soopers’ contract; strike officially ends
Members of metro Denver area United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 voted Monday to approve a new three-year contract offered by Kroger Co., who owns all King Soopers and City Market stores in Colorado, according to a late Monday news release. The agreement includes wage hikes of up to $5 per hour for some…
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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: A closer look at Denver judge’s temporary restraining order on picketers
A judge’s approval of King Soopers request for a temporary restraining order against picketers attempts to prevent potential violence while respecting union members’ right to strike peacefully. Denver District Judge Marie Moses’ written order, issued Wednesday, limits the number of picketers to “10 or fewer … on the premises and perimeter of each one of…