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Voting on the five-year offerr by members of Unitedd Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continuerthrough Wednesday. Union leaders are not making a recommendation to theitr members on thecontract offer, whicb the union complains would cut pension benefits by an averagew of $100,000 -- a conclusion disputed by management. “It’a a good contract in a normapl economy. It’s a great contract in this King Soopers spokeswoman Diane Mulligan said last She said roughly 65 percent of workersx would get raises underthe company’s proposal. King Sooperas is a Colorado unitof Cincinnati-baserd (NYSE: KR).
Colorado workers for two othetr grocerychains — Pleasanton, Calif.-based (NYSE: SWY) and Boise, Idaho-baseds (privately held) — continue to negotiate separate deals with their If King Soopers workers reject the chain’sz latest proposal, they will continue workintg without a contract until an agreement is reached or a strike is Their contract expired May 9.