Denver Area Safeway Employees Ratify New Contract.OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 1996--Safeway Inc. announced today that its retail clerks and meat department employees in the Denver area have ratified a new three-year contract, ending a six-week strike against Safeway and King Soopers (a division of The Kroger Co.), by Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1.4 million workers in the United States and Canada in many industries, including agriculture, health care, meatpacking, poultry and food processing, manufacturing, textile and . Safeway said its 47 stores in the Denver metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. should resume normal operating hours by the end of the week, staffed by union employees who will begin returning to work shortly. Safeway employees in Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Pueblo and northern Colorado will vote on the new contract on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Employees in a total of 69 Safeway stores either struck, or were locked out during the labor dispute. Safeway Inc. is one of the world's largest retailers, operating 1,057 stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. The company's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. and the Pacific Stock Exchange under the symbol SWY. CONTACT: Safeway Inc. Melissa C. Plaisance, 510/891-3136 |
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