Overview

• Twenty-two of more than eighty Safeway stores in Colorado have walked off the job since June 24 as workers expanded the strike.
• After nine months of bargaining, contract talks have stalled over disagreements on wages, staffing and the protection of retirees’ benefits.
• Dominic Rossi, the strike captain, says the company plans to remove eight million dollars from retirees’ health funds to finance current wage increases.
• Safeway/Albertsons disputes the claims and cites last year’s $959 million in net profits to defend its proposal on wage hikes and pension stability.
• Supporters have honked horns and bypassed striking locations in shows of solidarity with picketing workers.