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The Safeway contract was set to run out King Soopers employees have been working without a deal sincwe their contract expired onMay 30, meaning that the newesgt contract extension becomes retroactive to then. Those two as well as , have been in negotiationsa with United Food and Commerciao Workers UnionLocal No. 7 since April 7, looking to come up with new five-yeaf contracts. Safeway workers in late May voted to call for a strikseif necessary, and Safeway and King Soopers — the latteer a unit of Kroget Co. — signed a pact allowingt one chain to lock out its workerd ifthe other’s went on strike. No work stoppagd has occurred, however.
Albertsons employees continue to work withouta contract. Negotiations have centered onpay increases, health-care planss and pension benefits. The stores have said they must cutpensionb contributions, while the union has pushed back against Safeway made its latest contract offer to the union Union officials are having a consultant analyze it befor getting back to the chain, UFCW spokeswomanj Laura Chapin said No new negotiation dates have been set betweenj the union and King Soopers. But officialw with the chain are optimistic that the contract extensionwill jump-startg talks again.
“Hopefully, this will provide the additionapl time needed to work out issues onthe pension,” King Soopera spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said.
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