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Earlier this month, Safeway and King Soopers workers ratified a new contract — most of them, anyhow.
But a vote last night by Safeway meat workers in Salida finally put a period on nearly a year’s wroth of bickering and strike threats. Now, as noted on the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 website, all Safeway, King Soopers, City Market and Albertsons bargaining units in Colorado have approved the deal.
Which makes sense to UFCW 7 spokesman Dave Minshall.
“Workers recognized that this was an all-gains deal — bonus, raises, improvements in an already good health insurance deal,” Minshall says. “And it also stabilizes the pension and helps retirees.
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“I think folks realized that decent jobs are hard to come by these days — especially decent jobs with benefits.”
The result? Workers don’t have to worry about a contract for several more years, and consumers don’t have to stress about picket lines. All-gains indeed.
