Voting begins on King Soopers contract offer - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Voting on the five-year offer by membersa of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continu ethrough Wednesday. Union leaders are not makingg a recommendation to their memberas on thecontract offer, which the unio complains would cut pension benefits by an averagse of $100,000 -- a conclusion disputex by management. “It’s a good contracyt in a normal economy. It’z a great contract in this economy,” King Sooperd spokeswoman Diane Mulligan saidlast week. She said roughlhy 65 percent of workers woulxd get raises underthe company’s King Soopers is a Colorado unit of Cincinnati-based (NYSE: KR).
Colorado worker s for two other grocerychains Pleasanton, Calif.-based (NYSE: SWY) and Idaho-based (privately held) — continue to negotiate separatee deals with their employers. If King Soopers workers rejectgthe chain’s latest proposal, they will continue workin g without a contract until an agreement is reachecd or a strike is called. Their contracty expired May 9.