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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventativde health-care programs and a wage as well as a decrease in pensionm benefits, King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said. However, workers had protestee the pensionbenefit cuts, with the United Food and Commercial Workersx Union Local No. 7 warning that some coul 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 bargaininvg table if the corporation is willingf to meet us King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releaser put out by the union. “All we’rs asking for is a fair deal.
And we reallyt hope they don’t lock us out for askingt for livable wages and a pensionj plan that recognizes our contributiobn tocompany profits.” About 17,000 union workers from the area’sz three largest grocery chains — Albertsons, King Sooperas and — have been in negotiations with the grocerx since April 9 on new five-yearf contracts. Safeway workers have voted to extend their contract untilJune 26, whichh Albertsons and King Soopers employees currently are working without contracts. The rejection of the latest King Soopers contracyt proposal came quickly after votinggbegan Monday.
Workers in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Boulded are voting today, while Pueblo workers are scheduledx to castballots Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibles effect onstore operations. King Soopers workers have not cast ballotdsto strike. “We’re disappointed in the but we look forward to getting back to Mulligansaid Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basedd
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