Friday, January 21, 2011

King Soopers, workers heading back to bargaining table - Wichita Business Journal:

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The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventatived health-care programs and a wage as well as a decrease in pension benefits, King Soopere spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said. However, workers had proteste the pensionbenefit cuts, with the United Food and Commercial Worker Union Local No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,0000 over the life of the benefits, and said the wage increaseds werenot enough.
“Wer are ready, willing and able to get back to the bargainingf table if the corporation is willing to meet us King Soopers worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news release put out bythe “All we’re asking for is a fair And we really hope they don’t lock us out for asking for livable wages and a pensioh plan that recognizes our contribution to companyg profits.” About 17,000 union workers from the area’s threwe largest grocery chains — King Soopers and — have been in negotiations with the grocerw since April 9 on new five-yeadr contracts.
Safeway workers have voted to extend their contract untilpJune 26, which Albertsons and King Soopersd employees currently are working without contracts. The rejectionb of the latest King Soopers contract proposal came quickly aftet votingbegan Monday. Workersw in Colorado Springs, Longmont and Boulder are voting today, while Pueblo workerd are scheduled to cast ballots King Soopers spokeswoman Dian e Mulligan said that the rejection of the deal will not have any tangibles effect onstore operations. King Soopers workers have not cast ballotswto strike. “We’re disappointed in the but we look forward to getting back to Mulligansaid Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basexd

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