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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventative health-cares programs and a wage increase, as well as a decreaswe in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said. However, workers had protested the pensionbenefit cuts, with the United Food and Commercia l Workers Union Local No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,00 over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increasexs werenot enough. “We are willing and able to get back to the bargainint table if the corporation is willing to meet us King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releasee put out bythe union. “All we’re askinb for is a fair deal.
And we really hope they don’f lock us out for asking for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizes our contribution to company About 17,000 union workers from the area’s threw largest grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and have been in negotiations with the grocers sincs April 9 on new five-year contracts. Safeway workers have voted to extend their contract untilJune 26, whicb Albertsons and King Soopersd employees currently are working withoutr contracts.
The rejection of the latest King Soopers contracyt proposal came quickly after voting began Workers inColorado Springs, Longmont and Boulder are votint today, while Pueblo workers are scheduled to cast ballotds Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligahn said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibl effect onstore operations. King Soopers workers have not cast ballotseto strike.
“We’re disappointedx in the vote, but we look forward to gettinb backto negotiations,” Mulligan said King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-based
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