COLORADO SPRINGS — United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced today they intend to call a strike against King Soopers over what they allege are the company's "unfair labor practices." The President of UFCW Local 7, Kim Cordova, says the union "will announce a strike date in the coming days."
The announcement comes after two days of negotiations between the union and the company, after union members voted overwhelmingly Sunday and Monday to give the union the authority to call a strike.
The company has filed a lawsuit and several complaints to the National Labor Relations Board accusing King Soopers of labor violations. The charges filed to the NLRB include refusal to bargain, bad faith bargaining, modification of contract, and coercive actions. The lawsuit alleges that the company hired outside workers to perform union work.
In a statement today, Cordova said that the company also "tried to prevent the workers from standing together with each other in the stores, refused to produce information critical to these negotiations, and failed to bargain in good faith with the union."
A representative from the company, Jessica Trowbridge, said in a statement that King Soopers "has followed the law and has not received any notice of wrongdoing from the National Labor Relations Board." The statement also said that King Soopers "remains focused on the bargaining process and is committed to negotiating in good faith."
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