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Voting on the five-year offer by members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 will continu ethrough Wednesday. Union leaders are not making a recommendation to theitr members on thecontract offer, which the union complains would cut pensioh benefits by an average of $100,00 -- a conclusion disputed by management. “It’s a good contractg in a normal economy. It’w a great contract in this economy,” King Soopers spokeswomabn Diane Mulligan saidlast week. She said roughlgy 65 percent of workers would get raisess underthe company’s proposal. King Soopers is a Colorad o unitof Cincinnati-based (NYSE: KR).
Coloradol workers for two othet grocerychains — Pleasanton, Calif.-based SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privately held) — continure to negotiate separate deals with their employers. If King Soopersw workers rejectthe chain’s latest they will continue working without a contracr until an agreement is reached or a strike is Their contract expired May 9.