DENVER — Saturday marked another day of nonstop bargaining between Safeway workers, represented by leaders of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, and company executives.
‘’We remain far apart even though we’re due to expire at 12:01 tomorrow morning,” said union president Kim Cordova when she spoke to Denver7 Saturday afternoon.
As Denver7 first reported on Friday , UFCW 7 agreed to a two-week contract extension with King Soopers executives as bargaining for those contracts continues.
Bargaining is now set to continue until the new deadline of January 16.
In 2022, Kroger and Albertsons announced an agreement to merge. However, U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson issued a preliminary injunction blocking the merger last month following a three-week hearing in Portland, Oregon.
Then Judge Marshall Ferguson in Seattle issued a permanent injunction barring the merger in Washington after concluding it would lessen competition in the state and violate Washington’s consumer-protection laws.