Colo. Safeway Workers to Vote Again

DENVER — Union workers that rejected prior contract offers from employers Safeway and Kroger-owned King Soopers are voting again on a slightly modified offer.

According to United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 here, bargaining units of Safeway and King Soopers that rejected the prior offer in December were to vote Thursday on a deal that provides an additional $12 million in the health and welfare fund for retirees.

The 52-month contract offer otherwise includes the same terms as those already accepted by some units, including a signing bonus. Workers in Colorado Springs are to vote Friday, and Pueblo area workers will vote next week, the union added.

Albertsons workers in Colorado this week voted to approve the same deal.

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