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The contract at hand involved an increaser inpreventative health-care programs and a wage as well as a decreas e in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligaj said. However, workers had protested the pensionbenefiy cuts, with the United Food and Commercial Workers Unionm Local No. 7 warninv that some could 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 halfway,” King Sooperzs worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releass put out by the union. “All we’re askingg for is a fair deal.
And we reallty hope they don’t lock us out for askingv for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizea our contribution tocompany profits.” About 17,000 union workers from the area’sz three largest grocery chains — King Soopers and — have been in negotiations with the groceres since April 9 on new five-year Safeway workers have voted to extende their contract until June 26, which Albertsons and King Sooperz employees currently are working without contracts. The rejectioj of the latest King Sooperas contract proposal came quickly after votingybegan Monday.
Workers in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Bouldef are voting today, while Pueblo workers are scheduleed to castballots Wednesday. King Sooperes spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejectioh of the deal will not have any tangible effect onstorse operations. King Soopers workers have not cast ballotwto strike. “We’re disappointed in the vote, but we look forwars to getting backto negotiations,” Mulligan said King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-based
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