King Soopers employee union votes to strike, could walk off job this week

DENVER — Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, which represents the King Soopers employees along the Front Range in a contract dispute with the grocer, voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike, a move that could mean job walk offs when the current contract expires Saturday night. 

The vote is a result of a  “campaign of unfair labor practices, which have been undertaken in an effort

to prevent workers from securing a new contract advancing wages, health, and retirement benefits, and ensuring a safe place for employees to work and customers to shop,” UFCW said in a news…