Some union employees at King Soopers have voted almost unanimously to authorize a strike. The grocery chain in Colorado is owned by parent company Kroger.

Colorado Springs Local 7 members at King Soopers are scheduled to vote on a strike Friday while Pueblo members will vote Saturday. A strike was approved by other stores in the Denver Metro area earlier this week.

Sadly, this Company’s targeting of fixed-income retirees and other vulnerable populations only compounds its history of targeting consumers with predatory pricing,” union president