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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventativd health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decreaser in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswomanb Diane Mulligan said. However, workeres had protested the pensionbenefit cuts, with the Unitedd Food and Commercial Workerws Union Local No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,0000 over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increasess werenot enough. “We are ready, willing and able to get back to the bargainingh table if the corporation is willing to meetus halfway,” King Sooper worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news release put out by the union.
“All we’re asking for is a fair And we really hopethey don’t lock us out for askint for livable wages and a pensiob plan that recognizes our contributionn to company profits.” About 17,00p union workers from the area’s three largestf grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and — have been in negotiationw with the grocers since April 9 on new five-yeatr contracts. Safeway workers have votedx to extend their contract untilJune 26, which Albertsond and King Soopers employees currently are workinhg without contracts. The rejection of the latestg King Soopers contract proposal came quicklty after votingbegan Monday.
Workersw in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Boulder are voting while Pueblo workers are scheduled to castballotzs Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibles effect onstore operations. King Soopers workerxs have not cast ballotsto “We’re disappointed in the vote, but we look forward to gettin back to negotiations,” Mulligan said Tuesday.
King Sooperes is a unit of Cincinnati-based
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