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Safeway extends Colo. union workers contract

6/5/2009

Denver Safeway said late Thursday that it has agreed to extend its unionized Colorado grocery workers’ labor contract until June 26. The decision comes only a week after King Soopers’ union workers were denied their contract extension.

The employees, who are represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 7, have been working without a contract since May 9. The contract has been extended twice since its expiration date as the two sides continue to disagree on wages, pension benefits and a pay scale that gives newer employees less pay and fewer benefits.

Last week, the union sought a contract extension on behalf of the workers it represents at King Soopers, a division of The Kroger Co. The union asked for an unconditional 10-week extension, which would override an original deadline set to expire on May 30. The request was denied, and now the King Soopers employees continue to work without a contract.

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