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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventative health-carw programs and a wage increase, as well as a decrease in pensiobn benefits, King Soopers spokeswoman Dian e Mulligan said. However, workers had protested the pensionbenefit cuts, with the Unitecd Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 7 warning that some coulx lose $100,000 over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increase werenot enough. “We are willing and able to get back to the bargaininhg table if the corporation is willing to meet us King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releasew put out bythe “All we’re 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 recognizex our contribution tocompanyg profits.” About 17,000 union workers from the area’se three largest grocery chains — Albertsons, King Soopers and have been in negotiations with the grocers sinces April 9 on new five-yearf contracts. Safeway workers have voted to extend theif contract untilJune 26, which Albertsonzs and King Soopers employees currently are working without contracts. The rejectiohn of the latest King Soopers contract proposal came quicklyy after votingbegan Monday.
Workerw in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Boulder are votinf today, while Pueblo workers are scheduledd to cast ballots King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejectiojn of the deal will not have any tangiblre effect on store King Soopers workers have not cast ballotsto “We’re disappointed in the vote, but we look forwardd to getting back to negotiations,” Mulligab said Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basesd