“It is particularly galling that King Soopers is making such false allegations given the Company’s own track record of being caught lying about illegal coordination agreements with its competitor Safeway/Albertsons during the 2022 ULP strike by UFCW Local 7 workers,” said Kim Cordova, President of UFCW Local 7, in a statement.

The lawsuit alleges that UFCW Local 7 tried to force the grocer into multi-union bargaining with other labor groups with which the grocer does not have ties.

With a strike underway in several Front Range communities, King Soopers has sued the labor union that represents thousands of its employee.

Colorado has a plethora of locally owned grocery stores. Everything from mom-and-pop shops to international markets, to a local chain with 17 locations across the state.

Members of UFCW Local 7 for Pueblo King Soopers are expected to start striking on Friday. There are two stores in Pueblo.

As thousands of King Soopers union members are on strike after failed negotiations, the grocery giant filed a lawsuit against the union on Friday.

The start of a two-week-long strike by thousands of Colorado King Soopers workers meant people on the picket lines and shoppers either choosing to cross those lines or avoiding King Soopers in favor of other grocery stores.

From Speer to the southern 'burbs, we were always excited to find what was in store. But until the picketing ends — no more.