More Safeway, Albertsons workers authorize strike
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Stores in Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Greeley and Longmont will hold strike-authorization votes tonight and tomorrow morning.
Pueblo and Pueblo West Safeway workers have joined a United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 strike seeking better pay, staffing and benefits.
On Tuesday, members of the UFCW Local 7 held a vote to authorize a strike for more stores. Colorado Springs meat and retail workers voted 99% in favor of striking, according to a social media post from the union. They will join the employees at the Fountain Safeway and one location in Pueblo, who began their picket lines over the weekend.