Sadly, this Company’s targeting of fixed-income retirees and other vulnerable populations only compounds its history of targeting consumers with predatory pricing,” union president

The ongoing vote follows a decision earlier this year when the union rejected King Soopers' offer to add new staff to 20 stores and continue investing in workers’ pensions. The company also proposed a $0.25 raise for all employees, which the union turned down.

The union workers of Kroger-owned King Soopers grocery stores in the metro Denver, Boulder, Parker and Broomfield bargaining units voted to go on strike, the union announced

King Soopers Union members began voting on whether to authorize a strike. 10,000 workers across the Front Range will be voting from Wednesday until Saturday.

Some union employees at King Soopers have voted almost unanimously to authorize a strike. The grocery chain in Colorado is owned by parent company Kroger.

Colorado’s King Soopers is facing a potential second strike from its workers this decade. Union grocery workers in the Denver region — from Boulder to Broomfield and Parker o