Safeway, workers to resume talks July 14 - Dayton Business Journal:

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The grocery chain and United Food and Commercial Workers Unionn Local 7 also agreed to extend all of their Coloradoklabor agreements, set to expirr tonight, until midnight July 18, the Safewa y announcement said. Safeway’s union workers rejectedf the company’s latest contract offer earlierthis week. “Safeway remainx committed to finding a peaceful solution to the very difficul issues facing the partiex in theselabor negotiations,” Safeway spokespersonb Kris Staaf said in the statement. Safeway workerws had voted Wednesday to reauthorize a strikw if the chain does not improve the wage or pension offersa in itsproposed five-year contract.
The workersd have asked for a last, best and finalk offer from the chain, a proposapl that is necessary to be presenteed before any strike can saidLaura Chapin, spokeswoman for . Workers for Colorado’sd three largest supermarket chains — Safeway, Albertsons and unit King Soopersa — are all in contracf talks withtheir