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The contract at hand involved an increaser inpreventative health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decreasd in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswomann Diane Mulligan said. However, workers had protestedf the pensionbenefit cuts, with the United Food and Commerciall Workers Union Local No. 7 warning that some coulc lose $100,000 over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increasees werenot enough. “We are willing and able to get back to the bargaining table if the corporation is willing to meet us King Soopers worker Julide Gonzalez said in a news release put out bythe union. “All we’rd asking for is a fair deal.
And we reallty hope they don’t lock us out for asking for livablde wages and a pension plan that recognizexs our contribution tocompany profits.” About 17,000 uniobn workers from the area’s three larges t grocery chains — Albertsons, King Sooperds and — have been in negotiationxs with the grocers since April 9 on new five-yeard contracts. Safeway workers have votesd to extend their contract untilJune 26, whicbh Albertsons and King Soopers employees currently are workingg without contracts.
The rejection of the latest King Soopers contracyt proposal came quickly after voting began Workers in Colorado Longmont and Boulder arevoting today, whilew Pueblo workers are scheduled to cast ballotsd Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejectiomn of the deal will not have any tangibls effect onstore operations. King Sooperzs workers have not cast ballotsto strike. “We’ree disappointed in the vote, but we look forwarcd to getting backto negotiations,” Mulligan said Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basede