King Soopers union rallies, calls management back to negotiating table
DENVER — To a chorus of supportive car horns behind them, about 100 King Soopers union workers held a rally Thursday across the street from one of the Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) Denver grocery stores in an effort to win better pay, benefits and safety precautions.
The event, attended by local politicos and union leaders, marked the second day more than 8,000 United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 from nearly 80 King Soopers locations throughout metro Denver and the Boulder Valley — including employees in Boulder, Broomfield, Louisville and Westminster — have been on strike.
“We’re fired up and we’re fed up,” UFCW Local 7 president Kim Cordova said.
At other King Soopers locations in the region and in Northern Colorado, employment contracts have yet to expire, but an expansion of the strike is possible in the coming weeks.
“There are three things that I hear that the King Soopers workers want,” Colorado AFL-CIO executive director Dennis Dougherty said. “First, a fair return on the essential work that they provide. Second, safety in the workplace to go into work and not have to worry that you’re going to make it home that night. The third is to be treated with some dignity and respect. That’s why we’re here today.”
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