King Soopers, workers heading back to bargaining table - Nashville Business Journal:

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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventativwe health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decrease in pensiom benefits, King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said. However, workersz had protested the pensionbenefit cuts, with the United Food and Commerciakl Workers Union Local No. 7 warning that some coulc 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 bargaininb table if the corporation is willing to meet us King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releases put out by the union. “All we’rse asking for is a fair deal.
And we really hope they don’yt lock us out for asking for livabls wages and a pension plan that recognizesa our contribution tocompany profits.” Aboutf 17,000 union workers from the area’as three largest grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and have been in negotiations with the grocersz since April 9 on new five-year contracts. Safeway workers have voted to extend thei r contract untilJune 26, whic h Albertsons and King Soopers employees currently are working withoutr contracts. The rejection of the latesgt King Soopers contract proposal came quickluy after votingbegan Monday.
Workers in Colorado Longmont and Boulder arevotinhg today, while Pueblo workers are schedulex to cast ballots Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejectioh of the deal will not have any tangiblwe effect onstore operations. King Sooperds workers have not cast ballotsto “We’re disappointed in the vote, but we look forward to getting back to Mulligan said Tuesday.
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