The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said union members in metro Denver and Boulder, Colorado, have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike against King Soopers. The timing and locations of strikes will be announced publicly before any labor action starts,

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.

In a phone interview with The Denver Gazette, King Soopers and City Market President Joe Kelley said he is disappointed by the strike vote and thought the union’s decision is premature. Kelley has run Kroger’s Colorado stores since 2021. He said nobody won in the 2022 strike that lasted nine days, and no one will win in the next one, either.