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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventativre health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decreases in pension benefits, King Sooperd spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said. However, workers had protested the pensionbenefit cuts, with the United Food and Commercialp Workers Union Local No. 7 warning that some coulfd 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 bargainingh table if the corporation is willing to meet us King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releasd put out by the union. “All we’rd asking for is a fair deal.
And we reallyu hope they don’t lock us out for asking for livable wages and a pension plan that recognizes our contribution tocompany profits.” About 17,000 unionb workers from the area’s three largest grocery chains Albertsons, King Soopers and — have been in negotiations with the grocerw since April 9 on new five-year contracts. Safewag workers have voted to extend their contracy untilJune 26, which Albertsons and King Sooperw employees currently are workinh without contracts. The rejection of the latesft King Soopers contract proposal came quickly afte r votingbegan Monday.
Workers in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Bouldet are voting today, while Pueblo workers are scheduledf to castballots Wednesday. King Soopere spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejectioh of the deal will not have any tangible effect on store King Soopers workers have not cast ballotsto “We’re disappointed in the but we look forward to gettinh back to negotiations,” Mulligan said Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basedf
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