The strike against King Soopers lasted 12 days — at least for now.
It was longer than the metro Denver area strike against the grocer in 2022 and it sought to hurt the Colorado grocery chain owned by Kroger on Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine’s Day , two very lucrative shopping periods for the month of February.
The strike — originally planned to last two weeks — brought out lawsuits , a narrowly-crafted restraining order against the strikers, transporting and housing thousands of temporary workers at a cost to the company, allegations of illegal unfair labor practices, frustrations over staffing shortages, and warnings that employees were at risk of losing healthcare benefits …