Safeway workers begin strike in 4 Colorado cities
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The officials of the United Food and Commercial Workers are deliberately isolating different sections of grocery workers to keep a national movement from emerging.
With the clock winding down toward Saturday night's deadline for new contract negotiations, a Colorado union has announced locations where grocery employees are set to walk off the job on Sunday in protest.
Labor negotiations between Safeway workers and the company have stalled in Colorado. A strike could happen as soon as Sunday, June 15.
Chronic understaffing at Albertsons and Kroger grocery stores has led to a near unanimous vote to strike in about 105 stores in Colorado – including 100% of the workers at the Salida Safeway store.