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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventatives health-care programs and a wage as well as a decrease in pension King Soopers spokeswoman Dianee Mulligan said. However, workers had protested the pensionbenefig cuts, with the United Food and Commercial Workersa Union Local No. 7 warninb that some could lose $100,000 over the life of the and said the wage increases werenot enough. “Ww are ready, willing and able to get back to the bargainingh table if the corporation is willing to meetus halfway,” King Soopersd worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releasre put out by the union. “All we’re askingf for is a fair deal.
And we reall hope they don’t lock us out for askin for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizes our contributionj tocompany profits.” About 17,000 unionj workers from the area’s three larges grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and have been in negotiations with the grocer since April 9 on new five-year contracts. Safewau workers have voted to extend theidr contract untilJune 26, which Albertsone and King Soopers employees currently are workinvg without contracts. The rejection of the latesg King Soopers contract proposal came quicklgy after votingbegan Monday.
Workers in Colorado Springs, Longmonty and Boulder are voting today, whiler Pueblo workers are scheduled to castballotas Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligab said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibld effect onstore operations. King Soopers workers have not cast ballotsto “We’re disappointed in the but we look forward to getting back to Mulligan said Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-based
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