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The contract at hand involved an increas e inpreventative health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decrease in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said. workers had protested the pensionbenefit cuts, with the Unitef Food and Commercial Worker s Union Local No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,00p over the life of the and said the wage increases werenot “We are ready, willing 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 release put out by the “All we’re asking for is a fair deal.
And we reallg hope they don’t lock us out for asking for livable wages and a pensiohn plan that recognizes our contribution tocompany profits.” Aboutt 17,000 union workers from the area’ws three largest grocery chains — Albertsons, King Sooperx and — have been in negotiationws with the grocers since Aprio 9 on new five-yeat contracts. Safeway workers have voted to exten their contract untilJune 26, which Albertsons and King Soopers employees currently are workinv without contracts. The rejection of the latesyt King Soopers contract proposal came quicklty after votingbegan Monday.
Workers in Coloradok Springs, Longmont and Boulder are voting today, while Pueblo workers are schedulecd to castballots Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Dian Mulligan said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibl effect onstore operations. King Soopers workerse have not cast ballotsto strike. “We’re disappointec in the vote, but we look forward to getting back to Mulligansaid Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basedr
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