Retail  January 12, 2022

Strike! Boulder County King Soopers workers hit the picket line

BOULDER COUNTY — Unionized King Soopers workers in Boulder County joined compatriots across the Denver region in a strike Wednesday in hopes of prying pay- and benefits-related concessions out of the Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) grocery chain. 

The worker action, organized by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, began at 5 a.m. Wednesday and could last for three weeks. 

In the Boulder Valley, employees at Boulder, Broomfield, Louisville and Westminster are striking. At other King Soopers locations in the region and in Northern Colorado, employment contracts have yet to expire, but an expansion of the strike is possible in the…

Related Posts

A Maryland native, Lucas has worked at news agencies from Wyoming to South Carolina before putting roots down in Colorado.
Sign up for BizWest Daily Alerts
Closing in 8 seconds...