The lawsuit alleges that UFCW Local 7 tried to force the grocer into multi-union bargaining with other labor groups with which the grocer does not have ties.

“It is particularly galling that King Soopers is making such false allegations given the Company’s own track record of being caught lying about illegal coordination agreements with its competitor Safeway/Albertsons during the 2022 ULP strike by UFCW Local 7 workers,” said Kim Cordova, President of UFCW Local 7, in a statement.

On Thursday, workers at 77 King Soopers stores across the Denver metro area started a strike after months of negotiations.

With a strike underway in several Front Range communities, King Soopers has sued the labor union that represents thousands of its employee.

The strike will affect 77 stores in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties, as well as in Boulder and Louisville.

Some shoppers are choosing not to cross the picket lines at the King Soopers stores where union workers are on strike.

As thousands of King Soopers union members are on strike after failed negotiations, the grocery giant filed a lawsuit against the union on Friday.

From Speer to the southern 'burbs, we were always excited to find what was in store. But until the picketing ends — no more.

The start of a two-week-long strike by thousands of Colorado King Soopers workers meant people on the picket lines and shoppers either choosing to cross those lines or avoiding King Soopers in favor of other grocery stores.

Pueblo King Soopers employees with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 joined a statewide unfair labor practice strike on Feb. 7.