The King Soopers union worker strike ended on Monday night when both the grocery store chain and the union reached a return-to-work settlement.
On Friday, a judge partially granted a limited restraining order for King Soopers against the union representing striking workers in Colorado.
The grocery giant filed a lawsuit in Denver seeking a restraining order against United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, the union representing striking workers across Colorado. See when a judge might rule on the request.
Legal battles continue as the strike at King Soopers locations across Colorado's Front Range near one week. As the strike continues, ripple effects are impacting more than just grocery store workers and store earnings;
Strikes outside of King Soopers stores in Colorado could be coming to an end as King Soopers and its employees continue negotiations.
UFCW Local 7, which represents employees in Colorado and Wyoming, is in negotiations with Albertsons, which owns Safeway. Retail | Retail | Complaints that King Soopers has submitted to the NLRB include accusing the union of delaying negotiations,
After two weeks of striking, around 10,000 unionized Colorado grocery workers are heading back to work at King Soopers, a Kroger-owned regional chain. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 7 and King Soopers signed a return to work agreement late Monday night and secured to a 100-day period of labor peace while contract negotiations continue.
The strike against King Soopers lasted 12 days — at least for now. It was longer than the metro Denver area strike against the grocer in 2022 and it sought to hurt the Colorado grocery chain owned by Kroger on Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine’s Day,
King Soopers has filed two lawsuits against United Food and Commercial Workers since the union voted to strike over unfair labor practices on Feb. 6.
The Colorado grocer operated by Kroger announced Tuesday it was asking the courts for a temporary restraining order against striking, stating it was doing so because it created “unsafe conditions.” The strike against King Soopers began in the Denver metro area and in Pueblo began last weekend ahead of the busy Super Bowl weekend after the grocer and the union representing its workers failed to reach an agreement on a new contract.
Our associates work hard every day to serve their neighbors and families in Colorado, they deserve a union that puts them first, not one that prioritizes a strategy orchestrated by out-of-state special interests,
More than 10,000 supermarket workers involved in a two-week labor walkout will return to their jobs at King Soopers stores Tuesday after the labor union and the Colorado grocery chain