Safeway Grocery Strike Begins

Safeway grocery strike begins

Union employees established picket lines at a limited set of locations as they seek contract concessions for Safeway workers around the state.

Safeway grocery workers walk out in Colorado, while tens of thousands nationwide push for strike action

The officials of the United Food and Commercial Workers are deliberately isolating different sections of grocery workers to keep a national movement from emerging.

Safeway workers begin striking in Fountain, Pueblo

Employees at four Colorado Safeway locations have begun to draw picket lines on Sunday after recent negotiations failed between the representing union and the grocery store chain.

Safeway workers begin striking at 4 Colorado locations

Employees at four Colorado Safeway locations have begun to draw picket lines on Sunday after recent negotiations failed between the representing union and the grocery store chain.

Salida Safeway could strike as early as 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.

Colorado workers at 4 Safeway stores and a Denver distribution center go on strike

Union workers at Safeway stores in Estes Park, Fountain and two stores in Pueblo walked off the job Sunday morning after a temporary contract extension ended with no agreement. Employees at the Safeway distribution center in Denver also joined the strike.  Understaffed stores, changes to health benefits and low wage increases are top issues for the union, as has been the case since the first contracts began expiring in January. The union also ac…