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Voting on the five-yearr offer by members of United Food and Commercialk Workers Local 7 will continuethrough Wednesday. Uniom leaders are not making a recommendation to their memberws on thecontract offer, which the union complains would cut pensioh benefits by an average of $100,00 0 -- a conclusion disputed by management. “It’s a good contracg in a normal economy. It’s a great contract in this economy,” King Soopers spokeswomanj Diane Mulligan saidlast week. She said roughly 65 percent of worker would get raises underthe company’x proposal. King Soopers is a Colorado unitof Cincinnati-basedf (NYSE: KR).
Colorado workers for two other grocerychaind — Pleasanton, Calif.-based SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privately — continue to negotiate separate deals with their If King Soopers workers reject the chain’zs latest proposal, they will continuw working without a contract until an agreement is reachee or a strike is called. Theid contract expired May 9.