King Soopers and City Market met with UFCW Local 7 union representatives Thursday evening ahead of the union's labor contract extension expiration at midnight.

UFCW Local 7 and King Soopers negotiate a new contract for over 10,000 employees as the current one nears expiration.

A contract between King Soopers and more than ten thousand grocery store employees has officially expired. That includes some stores in Colorado Springs. This means a potential strike is looming. UFCW Local 7,

Having failed to reach a deal with King Soopers on a new labor contract, union members could go on strike for the second time in three years.

The deadline to extend the labor contract between union workers and King Soopers has now passed. The two sides were unable

Negotiators with King Soopers and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 are meeting Wednesday and Thursday in Westminster in an effort to hammer out the details of a new labor contract.

The company said Thursday night that it has made its “last, best and final offer” to the workers. It’s unclear if the workers are considering a strike.

Contracts for union employees at King Soopers and City Market have been extended almost two weeks in a stopgap measure while negotiations continue.