1. Local 7 Members Ratify
Two Year
Contract Extension!
Thousands of Local 7 members at King Soopers, Safeway,
Smith Foods, Albertson’s LLC and City Market ratified a two
year contract extension covering retail and meat workers
throughout Colorado and Wyoming.
 A total of 58 ratification meetings were held in cities and towns
throughout Colorado and Wyoming in April and May. Meetings
were personally conducted by Local 7 President, Kim Cordova and
Local 7 executive staff.
 The two year extension will bring stability and security for Local 7
members during these hard economic times, until 2015.
 The contract negotiated by your Union assures that members will
have quality health care benefits until 2015.
 Local 7 President Kim Cordova said “we succeeded in
stabilizing the health benefit plan by negotiating an additional
11 million dollars in employer contributions.”
 In addition, members will also receive hard money increases, and
more than 7,000 vendor stocking grievances were settled.
In tough times it takes a tough Union!