“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.

King Soopers said they were working to file a temporary restraining order as strikes continue throughout Colorado.

Pueblo King Soopers employees with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 joined a statewide unfair labor practice strike on Feb. 7.

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

With a strike set to start, King Soopers has released adjusted hours for some grocery stores in Colorado. Union workers plan to begin a two-week strike on Thursday morning across the Denver metro area.

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

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.