Following 46 hours of bargaining and a 12-day strike earlier this year, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced Thursday that it has reached a tentative three-year agreement with King Soopers and City Market.
The agreement was reached during negotiations held Tuesday through Thursday, according to a social media post from the union.
“We are pleased that we have reached a fully recommended tentative agreement with UFCW Local 7,” said a King Soopers and City Market spokesperson in an email statement to The Post.
“This offer allows us to put more money in our associates’ paychecks and maintain affordable health care; while also securing their pensions for retirement and we are eager for our associates to vote on it.”
The provisions of the “all gains, no concessions” agreement included fully funded health care and pension benefits.
It also included no cuts to retiree health care benefits, wage increases for top rates, grandfathered employees and department managers and a longevity bonus for all associates with at least one year of seniority.
In addition, the agreement introduced a new test-and-learn trial to study staffing improvements and mentioned no giveaways of union work to gig companies like Instacart.
Commenters quickly reacted to the union’s announcement, with some applauding the union’s actions and others inquiring about what comes next.
Full details of the agreement will be available at ratification vote meetings. The union said they are working to set dates and locations for those meetings.
In February, about 10,000 King Soopers employees walked picket lines at 77 stores in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties, as well as in Boulder and Louisville.
The 12-day strike came to an end after King Soopers and union leaders agreed to a temporary deal that paused the labor dispute for 100 days.
The two parties then agreed to extend the peace period through June 8, according to the union’s bargaining updates.
Union members were urging the grocery giant to address key demands such as better staffing levels, livable wages and the protection of workers’ health and pension benefits.
Safeway employees, who have been on strike for over two weeks because of stalled negotiations, are also seeking the same demands.
UFCW Local 7 shared on social media Thursday that negotiations with Safeway are set to restart Friday morning.
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