Friday, September 9, 2011

Voting begins on King Soopers contract offer - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Voting on the five-year offe r by members of United Food and Commercial Workersd Local 7 will continue through Union leaders are not making a recommendation to thei r members on thecontract offer, which the union complains would cut pension benefits by an average of $100,00p0 -- a conclusion disputed by “It’s a good contract in a normal It’s a great contract in this economy,” King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said last She said roughly 65 percent of workers would get raises under the company’s proposal. King Soopers is a Coloradpo unitof Cincinnati-based (NYSE: KR). Colorado workers for two othed grocerychains — Calif.
-based (NYSE: SWY) and Idaho-based (privately held) — continue to negotiat e separate deals with thei employers. If King Soopers workerws rejectthe chain’s latest proposal, they will continue workint without a contract until an agreementf is reached or a strike is called. Their contract expiredx May 9.

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