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The contract at hand involved an increaser inpreventative health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decreaswe in pension benefits, King Sooperss spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said. workers had protested the pension benefit with the United Food and Commerciap Workers UnionLocal No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,000o over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increases werenot “We are ready, willing and able to get back to the bargaininf table if the corporation is willing to meet us 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 askingy for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizesx our contribution to company profits.
” About 17,000 union workerzs from the area’s three largest grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and — have been in negotiations with the grocerds since April 9 on new five-year contracts. Safewaty workers have voted to extend their contract untilJune 26, which Albertson s and King Soopers employeee currently are working without contracts. The rejection of the latesty King Soopers contract proposal came quicklyu after votingbegan Monday. Workers in Colorado Springs, Longmontf and Boulder are voting today, whilw Pueblo workers are scheduled to castballots Wednesday.
King Soopers spokeswoma Diane Mulligan said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibld effect onstore operations. King Soopers workera have not cast ballotsdto strike. “We’re disappointed in the vote, but we look forwarf to getting backto negotiations,” Mulligann said Tuesday. King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-baseds
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