Strike ends, as King Soopers, union hammer out 3-year labor deal

DENVER — The nine-day King Soopers strike by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 members ended Monday, as management and the union were able to agree on a new three-year labor contract. 

The union hailed the deal, details of which remain fairly scant, as the “most significant wage increase ever secured by a UFCW local for grocery workers.”

Some workers will receive raises of more than $5 per hour, although most will get more-modest pay bumps. 

“From the beginning of this process, we promised our members that we would procure the very best contract we could,” Local 7 president Kim Cordova…