Safeway workers in Colorado vote to strike

Another strike could soon hit grocery stores across Colorado, but this time at Safeway.

An overwhelming majority of Safeway grocery workers across the Denver metro area voted on Wednesday and Thursday to strike against one of the state’s largest grocery stores, the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7 announced late Thursday night.

The Denver metro region includes stores in Boulder, Louisville, Brighton, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Conifer, Evergreen, Idaho Springs and Parker.

"At the bargaining table, this employer is holding hands with King Soopers and City Market to propose major cuts to workers’ healthcare benefits, and to threaten the financial security of our pension beneficiaries on fixed incomes, while continuing to reject meaningful efforts to address chronic understaffing in