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The contract at hand involved an increaser inpreventative health-care programs and a wage as well as a decrease in pensiobn benefits, King Soopers spokeswoman Dian Mulligan said. However, workers had protested the pensionbenefit cuts, with the United Food and Commerciakl Workers Union Local No. 7 warnin g that some could lose $100,000 over the life of the and said the wage increases werenot “We are ready, willing and able to get back to the bargaininvg table if the corporation is willing to meet us King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news release put out by the “All we’re asking for is a fair And we really hope they don’t lock us out for asking for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizes our contribution to company profits.
” About 17,000 union workers from the area’s three largest grocergy chains — Albertsons, King Sooperse and — have been in negotiations with the grocera since April 9 on new five-yeae contracts. Safeway workers have vote d to extend their contract untillJune 26, which Albertsons and King Soopers employeees currently are working without The rejection of the latest King Soopersx contract proposal came quickly after votinbg began Monday. Workers in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Boulder are votint today, while Pueblo workers are schedulesd to castballots Wednesday.
King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligam said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibles effect onstore operations. King Soopers workers have not cast ballot sto strike. “We’re disappointed in the vote, but we look forward to getting backto negotiations,” Mulligan said Tuesday. King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basee
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