King Soopers Yet Again Attempts To Silence Its Own Workers’ Voices By Filing For Temporary Restraining Order Against Strikers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 11, 2025
CONTACT: Monique Palacios
mpalacios@ufcw7.com | 303-425-0897 ext. 403
Denver, CO – Today UFCW Local 7 learned that King Soopers has filed for a temporary restraining order against the union in Denver District Court. The Company is asking a court to stop striking workers from doing what striking workers do: Picketing in front of their workplaces and speaking with one voice, a voice that the company is currently stifling by refusing to negotiate in good faith. The fact that the Company is effectively suing its own workers is particularly galling. Indeed, the Company’s suit literally complains that workers who are picketing in subzero weather are using portable heating devices.
Coming only days after King Soopers filed a frivolous lawsuit against the UFCW Local 7 for “forcing” the company to bargain with other unions - this TRO represents nothing more than another attempt to silence and intimidate 10,000 grocery store workers for exercising their right to fight for better staffing, better health care, more safety, and against the Company’s Unfair Labor Practices.
We know this Kroger-owned corporation would much rather distract the public with lawfare than have an open and honest discussion about the woeful lack of staffing in stores which has led to empty shelves, long lines, and price-gouging for customers and unsafe working conditions for workers. We won’t be so easily distracted.
UFCW Local 7 President Kim Cordova stated, “We were on the strike lines today, we will be on the strike lines tomorrow, and we continue to urge King Soopers to stop these unfair labor practices.”
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Local 7, the largest private-sector Union in Colorado, is affiliated with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union which represents over 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada, and is one of the largest private-sector Unions in North America. UFCW members work in a wide range of industries, including retail food, food processing, agriculture, retail sales, and health care.