Safeway workers in Colorado have voted to strike unless Albertsons, Safeway’s parent company, responds to the union’s requests for better pay and higher staffing at grocery stores in the state.

According to the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, the grocery union in Colorado, around 7,000 workers are employed at Safeway or Albertsons stores in Colorado. Workers in metro Denver, Boulder, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Conifer, Evergreen, Fountain, Grand Junction, Idaho Springs, Parker, Pueblo, Salida, Steamboat Springs and Vail all voted to authorize strikes.

In metro Denver, 99 percent of Safeway workers voted to strike.

“We have been more than patient for months as the company slashed our hours and ignored workers’ proposals on staffing and other key issues,” Kevan Kohlman, a Safeway

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