Denver-area grocery workers are going to vote next week on whether or not to strike against King Soopers again, the local union representing the workers announced.
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 scheduled votes for strike authorization on Wednesday, Jan. 29, and Thursday, Jan. 30, after the contract between the union and King Soopers expired last week and union leaders rejected the grocer’s “last, best and final offer”.
The last time the union went on strike was in 2022 for nine days by about 8,000 workers at 78 Denver metro-area King Soopers and City Market stores, both under the Kroger corporate umbrella…