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Yahoo
12-08-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Judge dismisses King Soopers' lawsuit against UFCW Local 7
This story was originally published on Grocery Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Grocery Dive newsletter. King Soopers' lawsuit against United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 was dropped Wednesday when the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado granted the union's motion to dismiss the case. The Kroger-owned banner originally filed a lawsuit against the UFCW Local 7 in February, claiming the union violated the National Labor Relations Act by forcing the grocer into unlawful multi-union bargaining in the fall of 2024 with other labor groups that don't have ties with the grocer. This legal battle began following unsuccessful collective bargaining negotiations for new contracts and a nearly two-week strike covering approximately 10,000 unionized workers across nearly 80 King Soopers stores in Colorado in early February. In April, UFCW Local 7 filed counterclaims against King Soopers, accusing the grocer of acting in 'bad faith' and violating the 100-day stand-down agreement the two sides came to after the strike. At the time, the union claimed its members suffered damages like potential lost wages and benefits for workers due to the grocery company, according to the counterclaim. UFCW Local 7, which represents approximately 11,000 King Soopers and City Market workers, views this ruling as another victory for grocery workers: 'This lawsuit was just another meritless effort to crush working people and silence their voices, something [the judge] clearly recognized,' union local President Kim Cordova said in an emailed statement. 'Now more than ever, corporate interests are trying to squeeze working families in Colorado and across the nation. Workers in Colorado were forced to strike two different grocery giants this year, each of which sought to slash compensation for workers all the while dramatically increasing prices paid by consumers,' Cordova said in response to the Wednesday ruling. King Soopers did not respond by press time to a request for comment. King Soopers and UFCW Local 7 have 21 days from the date of the judge's decision to amend their pleadings. Recommended Reading King Soopers sues UFCW Local 7 over alleged coercion Sign in to access your portfolio
CBS News
05-07-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Unionized Safeway workers in Colorado reach tentative deal to end strike, union says
The union representing thousands of grocery store workers in Colorado and Wyoming says it's reached a tentative deal with Safeway to end a strike impacting unionized workers at around 50 stores across Colorado. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 says after bargaining negotiations, union representatives achieved several demands, which include wage increases, bonuses based on seniority, fully-funded and improved healthcare benefits, an expanded vacation cash-out policy, and terminating temporary replacement workers. The new agreement will need to be ratified in a future union meeting, according to UFCW Local 7, but the union celebrated the gains as a win. "We have reached a fully recommended tentative agreement! The strike is over," the union said in a statement on Saturday. Before the agreement was finalized, Safeway also touted the negotiations as fruitful in a statement on Thursday, in which a company spokesperson said, "We are pleased that we have reached a fully recommended tentative agreement with UFCW Local 7. This offer allows us to put more money in our associates' paychecks and maintain affordable health care; while also securing their pensions for retirement and we are eager for our associates to vote on it." A Safeway store during a protest against the corporation in Littleton, Colorado on Monday, June 16, 2025. AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images CBS News Colorado reached out to Safeway, whose parent company is Albertsons, for comment Saturday morning. The strike began almost a month ago in early June, following nine months of failed negotiations, a union representative said at the time. The strike had spread to 46 of Safeway's 103 stores across the state -- from Fort Collins down to Pueblo, and as far west as Grand Junction out east to Fort Morgan -- and included a distribution center in Denver. Those workers who went on strike must return by Monday, but can return sooner if they want or need to, the union said. The tentative deal comes just two days after unionized King Soopers workers reached a similar deal with that grocery chain.
CBS News
03-07-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Deal has been reached between King Soopers and its union workers
A deal has been reached between King Soopers and the Colorado grocery store's union workers. The tentative agreement comes after 46 hours of talks between United Food and Commercial Workers 7 and King Soopers, whose parent company is Kroger. UFCW Local 7 workers at a large number of King Soopers stores went on strike for 12 days in February. In separate negotiations in Colorado, Safeway and the UFCW Local 7's negotiations will pick up on Friday after talks stalled. Workers at over 40 Safeway stores and a distribution center in Colorado are currently on strike.
CBS News
01-07-2025
- Business
- CBS News
These are all the Colorado Safeway locations impacted by workers' strikes
As of Tuesday, over 40 Safeway stores and a distribution center in Colorado had workers on strike. United Food and Commercial Workers 7, the union representing those workers, is demanding better pay and working conditions for those workers. Negotiations between the union and Safeway broke down last week over disagreements on salaries. The union voted to strike on June 6 and dozens of locations around the state have had workers join the strike in the weeks since. "Safeway remains committed to engaging in good-faith discussions to reach a new agreement with UFCW Local 7," Safeway said in a statement on Monday. UFCW Local 7 says Safeway and its parent company, Albertsons, are "insisting on wages far below competitors in the market here in Colorado and below agreements that have been reached with other local unions in the current bargaining cycle." The following map shows which Safeways have workers who are striking. You can zoom in and out and move the map around to see if this includes your nearest Safeway store.
CBS News
29-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Negotiations between Colorado grocery workers, Safeway fail to reach resolution
Negotiations between Colorado union grocery store workers and Safeway failed to reach a resolution this week after talks broke down over pay and benefits. According to the UFCW Local 7, union president Kim Cordova and a member-led bargaining committee met with representatives of Safeway and Albertsons on Friday and Saturday, but failed to reach an agreement. "Although we made significant conceptual progress on certain items, the company refused to sign a separate tentative agreement on items, including health care," the union said in a Facebook post. "Instead, Safeway/Albertsons is insisting on wages far below competitors in the market here in Colorado and below agreements that have been reached with other local unions in the current bargaining cycle." Workers at Fort Morgan Safeway joined the growing list of employees across the state on strike this week, demanding better pay, benefits and working conditions. Elk rests with picketers at Estes Park Safeway CBS In a humourous turn of events Friday, an elk joined picketers while looking for a place to rest in the shade. The elk cow was seen hanging out with picketers at the Estes Park store under the shade of a nearby tree. The local 7 shared photos on Facebook and quipped, "A special visitor stopped by the Estes Park line today, proof that everyone loves a good picket!"
