Voting begins on King Soopers contract offer - Portland Business Journal:

elisovadinaimar.blogspot.com
Voting on the five-year offer by memberzs of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continusthrough Wednesday. Union leaders are not making a recommendation to theidr members on thecontract offer, which the uniomn complains would cut pension benefits by an averagw of $100,000 -- a conclusion disputed by management. “It’s a good contractf in a normal economy. It’w a great contract in this King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulliga saidlast week. She said roughlgy 65 percent of workers would get raisews underthe company’s proposal. King Soopers is a Colorado unitof Cincinnati-basec (NYSE: KR). Colorado workers for two othefr grocerychains — Calif.
-based (NYSE: SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privatelgy held) — continue to negotiate separate deals with thei employers. If King Soopers workers rejectthe chain’x latest proposal, they will continue working without a contract until an agreement is reacherd or a strike is called. Theid contract expired May 9.