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The contract at hand involved an increass inpreventative health-care programz and a wage as well as a decrease in pension King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan However, workers had protested the pensiobn benefit cuts, with the United Food and Commercialo Workers Union Local No. 7 warning that some couled lose $100,000 over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increaseds werenot enough. “We are ready, willinv and able to get back to the bargainingb table if the corporation is willing to meet us King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releas e put out bythe union. “All we’re askinv for is a fair deal.
And we really hope they don’ t lock us out for askinvg for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizews our contribution to company About 17,000 union workers from the area’zs three largest grocery chains Albertsons, King Soopers and have been in negotiations with the grocers since Apripl 9 on new five-year contracts. Safeway workers have voted to exten their contract untilJune 26, which Albertsons and King Soopersd employees currently are working without contracts. The rejection of the latest King Soopers contract proposal came quicklyt after votingbegan Monday.
Workersa in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Boulder are votingh today, while Pueblo workers are scheduled to castballots Wednesday. King Sooperds spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibler effect onstore operations. King Soopers workersa have not cast ballotsto strike. “We’rre disappointed in the vote, but we look forward to getting back to Mulligansaid Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-based
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