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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventative health-cars programs and a wage as well as a decreaser in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswoman Dianee Mulligan said. However, workere had protested the pensionbenefitr cuts, with the United Food and Commercialk Workers Union Local No. 7 warning that some coul d 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 bargainingt table if the corporatioj is willing to meet us halfway,” King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news release put out by the “All we’re asking for is a fair And we really hope they don’t lock us out for askinbg for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizeas our contribution to company profits.
” Aboutg 17,000 union workers from the area’s three largest grocer chains — Albertsons, King Soopersw and — have been in negotiations with the grocerds since April 9 on new five-year contracts. Safewa y workers have voted to extend their contract untilJune 26, which Albertsonxs and King Soopers employees currently are working withouy contracts. The rejection of the latest King Soopers contrac t proposal came quickly after votingfbegan Monday.
Workers in Coloradio Springs, Longmont and Boulder are voting while Pueblo workers are schedulexd to cast ballots King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulliganm said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibl e effect onstore operations. King Soopers workers have not cast ballotato strike. “We’re disappointed in the vote, but we look forwarsd to getting backto negotiations,” Mulligan said Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basef
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