Tag: Strike Action
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Colorado Safeway workers could strike as soon as Sunday
Safeway workers across Colorado may go on a strike beginning on Sunday, the local grocery workers union announced. The United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7 announced Wednesday night that it gave Albertsons, the parent company of Safeway, a 72-hour notice to cancel a contract extension. The agreement between the union and the grocer will…
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Union says it will end strike and negotiate if King Soopers makes concessions
Leaders of the striking workers at King Soopers on Saturday countered the company’s request to negotiate and agree to not picket while talks are ongoing with their own offer — provide the union with information it has been seeking for five months and they will pull down all picket lines. The union asked for the information…
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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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Q&A: The King Soopers strike
Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 voted overwhelmingly to strike in advance of the union’s contract with The Kroger Co. expiring Jan. 8. Kroger owns King Soopers and City Market stores. It operates 143 grocery stores, 97 convenience stores, nine jewelry stores and eight manufacturing and distribution facilities that employ more than…