Union members in metro Denver and Boulder have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike against King Soopers supermarket chain. Colorado Springs workers will vote on Friday and Saturday. Staffing levels and health care benefits are key issues in the dispute.
Metro Denver King Soopers workers have voted to authorize a strike against the supermarket chain. Union members in Colorado Springs will vote Friday and Saturday on whether to strike. said union members in metro Denver and Boulder have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against King Soopers. The timing and locations of strikes will be announced publicly before any labor action starts, the union said.
Staffing levels and funding for health care benefits are among the issues that led union bargainers to reject what King Soopers called itsJoe Kelley, president of Kroger-owned King Soopers and City Market in Colorado, Kelley said in a recent interview that King Soopers gave the union a comprehensive offer in December that included pay, health care and pension proposals while the union hasn’t made an offer on staffing levels as promised.
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