As the final pieces of the funding puzzle behind the $500 million rehab of Union Station fall into place, the project is finally poised to begin. But lately, what, exactly, the final development will look like has been shifting considerably, and not all observers are happy about the changes. Yesterday,…
Update, December 17, 3:21 p.m.: King Soopers has issued an official response to the contract ratification; still nothing from Safeway. Look below for the latest. On Tuesday, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced a surprising split vote over the latest contract offers for area grocery employees: King Soopers…
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Update, 12:27 p.m.: United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 spokeswoman Laura Chapin shares comments about the grocery-workers vote below the original item: This just in: King Soopers and City Market employees have voted to accept a contract offer from their company, while their peers at Safeway have turned thumbs…
Almost wintertime, when the Denver bloggin’ is easy. The Nugg Doctor’s Nick Sclafani recaps last night’s agonizing Nuggets loss in Detroit, when 40 points from Melo wasn’t enough. What the hell? Colorado Pols has more on what it’s dubbed the “Dr. Evil initiative.” It can be yours for one MILLION…
Having trouble finding work? You’re not alone. Follow Jobbed every week as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job, as posted online: Temporary Replacement Clerk at King Soopers Responsibilities: King Soopers will be hiring…
Word that 140 Frontier Airlines jobs will be relocating from Denver to Indianapolis, headquarters of Republic Airways Holdings, which bested Southwest in its quest for the carrier back in October, has been seen as a bummer in these parts. But Frontier spokesman Peter Kowalchuk feels otherwise. “Other than from a…
Worry over the outcome of a mail-in vote on a new contract isn’t the only thing stressing out King Soopers workers this season, as I learned during a shopping trip yesterday. When “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” came streaming over the speakers, our teenage sacker announced, “That’s…
Intriguing story in today’s Houston Chronicle about Houston-based energy giant ConocoPhillips. Reporter Brett Clanton notes that the firm is downsizing elsewhere, but it recently filed “a preliminary development plan for its 432-acre site in Louisville, Colo., a small town roughly six miles east of Boulder and 25 miles northwest of…
Having trouble finding work? You’re not alone. Follow Jobbed every week as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job, as posted online: Forever 21 Loss Prevention Store Investigator Responsibilities: Apprehension of shoplifters; conduct Internal…
It’s Cyber Monday, a date that sounds as if it should be associated with discounted internet porn and not Christmas shopping — but so be it. And just in time for the holiday shopping season, the happy elves at the U.S. Public Research Interest Group — whose Colorado chapter, COPIRG,…
Word broke last week that King Soopers and Safeway workers affiliated with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 would soon begin voting on the companies’ last, best and final contract offer. But customers and employees alike won’t know if a strike will disrupt holiday-season shopping for quite a while…
The 17,000 grocery workers of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union could begin receiving ballots to vote on Safeway and King Soopers’ “last, best and final” contract offer as soon as tomorrow. A yes vote would end seven months of bargaining. The ballots are scheduled to be…
When the sun rose this morning at 6:58 a.m., it shed its light on one of the weirdest American traditions around: millions of people scrambling for discount deals at big box stores. In Denver, this eerie sight was visible from Target and Best Buy to Bass Pro, Kohl’s and Kmart…
Denver Union Station: Portal to Progress – Trailer from Havey Productions on Vimeo.As plans move forward to transform Denver Union Station into a modern transit hub, folks want to make sure the old depot’s past doesn’t get left behind. The latest effort is a new documentary called Denver Union Station:…
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Try these Denver blogs on for size. Mile High Hockey’s David Driscoll-Carignan’s recap of the Avs 5-4 win over the Flyers notes that Scott Hannan was knocked out of the game by a “sleazy post-whistle cross-check” by Daniel Briere — “Briere being french for ‘little pussy.'” Wow: A bonus language…
Still no official response from United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 about this week’s “last, best and final” contract proposals from King Soopers and Safeway. But several employees posting on the Facebook page linked to the union’s AlwaysHereForColorado.com site don’t seem to have been won over by the most…
The Job, as posted online: Santa Claus Qualifications: You must look the part and have a jovial personality to thrill the kids. Responsibilities: Being Santa Fri, Sat & Sun evenings from 12/4 through 12/20 and the 21st, 22nd & 23rd in downtown Denver. Costume furnished. Pay: N/A, but a contract…
Update below: Still no official comments about the “last, best and final” offers delivered to representatives of King Soopers and Safeway staffers on Monday from either the companies or the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7. But a web page for King Soopers employees features the first details of…
A funeral director allegedly tells a family that the county coroner recommended him to bury their twelve-year-old child — when the law prohibits such recommendations. A mortuary embalms a body without the final okay from the family; in the meantime, the family decides to use a different mortuary. A funeral…
Update below: King Soopers and Safeway told United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 reps they’d submit their “last, best and final” offer by the end of yesterday — and they almost missed their own deadline. Just shy of 6 p.m., UFCW rep Laura Chapin confirmed via e-mail that nothing…
