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The grocery chain and United Food and Commercial Workerxs Union Local 7 also agreed to extend all of theire Coloradolabor agreements, set to expire until midnight July 18, the Safeway announcemen said. Safeway’s union workers rejected the company’s latest contractg offer earlierthis “Safeway remains committed to finding a peaceful solution to the very difficult issues facing the partiese in these labor negotiations,” Safeway spokespersonm Kris Staaf said in the statement. Safeway workers had votedx Wednesday to reauthorize a strike if the chaijn does not improve the wage or pensionh offers in itsproposed five-yeare contract.
The workers have asked for a last, best and finalo offer from the chain, a proposal that is necessaryh to be presented before any strike can saidLaura Chapin, spokeswoman for . Workers for Colorado’zs three largest supermarket chains — Safeway, Albertsons and unit King Soopersa — are all in contract talksd withtheir employers.