DENVER (KDVR) -- After months of attempted negotiations between King Soopers and its employees, the union announced that 77 Denver metro and Front Range stores, about 10,000 union employees, will go on strike starting Thursday.
Since October, King Soopers and union employees have worked on negotiations and met over 10 times but never reached a deal. After months of unresolved conflict, their contract extension expired in January which removed the no-strike clause. Soon after, several stores in the Denver metro and Front Range voted to strike.
“For months the employer failed to respond in any way to the union’s requests for information on data that relates to pricing and staffing. Some information was provided starting in January, but it is still inadequate,” the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 7 said.
Meanwhile, the grocer said in a statement on Friday that the National Labor Relations Board never determined King Soopers committed an Unfair Labor Practice during these negotiations. The grocer said it “respects” employees’ rights to participate in a strike, but will also welcome any employee who chooses to continue working.
King Soopers store locations on strike near Denver
King Soopers president Joe Kelley told FOX31 on Jan. 17 that the stores plan to stay open in the case of a strike, however, there will be people outside some stores across Colorado.
Colorado Springs King Soopers workers vote to strikeThe union said on Monday there will be a picket line at the front of the store, and once the strike begins at 5 a.m. Thursday, employees will walk out and get behind the picket line.
Here are the 77 locations across Colorado where workers plan to strike:
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FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inboxThe union said this is the start of many pending strikes across Colorado, as some stores won’t go on strike on Thursday, but stores in areas like Colorado Springs and Pueblo could go on strike within the next few days. Meanwhile, other King Soopers and City Market workers in Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont and Loveland are preparing strike votes.
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