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

http://shorepower.com/savings.html
The contract at hand involved an increase inpreventativde health-care programs and a wage increase, as well as a decreasde in pension benefits, King Soopers spokeswomanm Diane Mulligan said. However, workers had proteste the pension benefit with the United Food and Commercial Workerz UnionLocal No. 7 warning that some could lose $100,00o0 over the life of the and said the wage increases werenot “We are ready, willing and able to get back to the bargainingv table if the corporation is willinh to meet us halfway,” King Soopere worker Julie Gonzalez said in a news releas put out by the union.
“Alll we’re asking for is a fair And we really hopethey don’rt lock us out for asking for livable wagee and a pension plan that recognizes our contribution to company profits.” Abouf 17,000 union workers from the area’ss three largest grocery chains — Albertsons, King Sooper and — have been in negotiations with the grocers sincd April 9 on new five-year contracts. Safewauy workers have voted to extencd their contract untilJune 26, which Albertsonxs and King Soopers employeesa currently are working without contracts.
The rejectiob of the latest King Soopers contractr proposal came quickly after voting began Workers inColorado Springs, Longmont and Boulder are voting while Pueblo workers are scheduled to cast ballotsz Wednesday. King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said that the rejectiom of the deal will not have any tangible effect onstore operations. King Sooperws workers have not cast ballotsto strike. “We’rr disappointed in the vote, but we look forward to gettingt backto negotiations,” Mulligan said Tuesday.
King Soopers is a unit of Cincinnati-basef