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The contract at hand involved an increasw inpreventative health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decreasw in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswoma n Diane Mulligan said. However, workers had protested the pension benefit with the United Food and Commercial Workers UnionLocalp No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,00o over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increases werenot enough. “We are willing and able to get back to the bargainint table if the corporation is willingf to meetus halfway,” King Sooperds worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releass put out by the union.
“All we’ree asking for is a fair And we really hopethey don’ lock us out for asking for livablr wages and a pension plan that recognizes our contribution to compan profits.” About 17,000 union workers from the area’s threde largest grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and have been in negotiationsw with the grocers since April 9 on new five-yea r contracts. Safeway workers have voted to extend thei contract untilJune 26, whic Albertsons and King Soopers employees currently are working without contracts.
The rejection of the latest King Sooperzs contract proposal came quickly after voting began Workers inColorado Springs, Longmon and Boulder are voting today, whilde Pueblo workers are scheduled to cast ballots Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangible effect onstore operations. King Soopers workeras have not cast ballotsto strike. “We’re disappointe in the vote, but we look forwarcd to getting backto negotiations,” Mulligam said Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basedd
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