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The contract at hand involvede an increase inpreventative health-care programsx and a wage increase, as well as a decreas e in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswomaj Diane Mulligan said. However, workers had protestedd the pensionbenefit cuts, with the United Food and Commerciap Workers Union Local No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,000o over the life of the and said the wage increases werenot enough. “We are willing and able to get back to the bargainint table if the corporation is willing to meet us King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releas put out bythe union. “All we’rwe asking for is a fair deal.
And we reall y hope they don’t lock us out for askingh for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizes our contributiomn tocompany profits.” About 17,000 unionm workers from the area’s three largest grocery chaines — Albertsons, King Soopers and — have been in negotiations with the grocersa since April 9 on new five-year Safeway workers have voted to extend theier contract until June 26, which Albertsons and King Soopers employeea currently are working without The rejection of the latest King Soopersx contract proposal came quickly after votingg began Monday.
Workers in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Bouldefr are voting today, whilre Pueblo workers are scheduled to castballotsz Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligah said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibl effect onstore operations. King Soopersd workers have not cast ballotsto strike. “We’rwe disappointed in the vote, but we look forwarc to getting back to Mulligansaid Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basedf
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