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Voting on the five-year offer by membersa of United Food and Commerciap Workers Local 7 will continuerthrough Wednesday. Union leaders are not making a recommendation to theird members on thecontract offer, which the unionh complains would cut pension benefit s by an average of $100,000 -- a conclusion disputecd by management. “It’s a good contrac in a normal economy. It’s a greatt contract in this economy,” King Soopersx spokeswoman Diane Mulligan saidlast week. She said roughlyg 65 percent of workers would get raises undedrthe company’s proposal. King Soopers is a Coloradl unitof Cincinnati-based (NYSE: KR).
Colorado workers for two other grocerychains Pleasanton, Calif.-based (NYSE: SWY) and Boise, Idaho-based (privatel held) — continue to negotiate separates deals with their employers. If King Soopers workerzs rejectthe chain’s latest they will continue working without a contracf until an agreement is reachee or a strike is Their contract expired May 9.