Safeway workers are striking at the same time as contract negotiations between workers and King Soopers are coming to a head. The union is negotiating with King Soopers and parent Kroger after a strike in February. That strike lasted almost two weeks before a deal was reached to pause the labor action for 100 days. That pause expired last month.

About 7,000 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 working at Safeway and Albertsons grocery stores across Colorado could go on strike as soon as Sunday to protest

Stores in metro Denver, including Boulder and Castle ... the union said. If the Safeway/Albertsons strike expands to include all participating stores, it will be the second-largest this year ...