Unionized King Soopers workers in Broomfield and Boulder counties will join their peers from around the Denver metro area, Colorado Springs and Pueblo next week to vote on whether to hit the picket line.
Thousands of Front Range workers could strike after the Kroger Co.-owned (NYSE: KR) grocery-store chain and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 failed last week to reach a last-minute agreement on a new labor contract.
“We have finalized our plans to hold strike vote meetings” from Jan. 29 through Feb. 1, UFCW Local 7 president Kim Cordova said in a prepared statement. “The specific times and locations are being communicated to grocery store members directly.”…