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This story has been updated to reflect that Planet Fitness will move from its Dillon Drive location to 635 W. 29th St. An old Safeway building on Pueblo's north side is getting new life with plans for a Planet Fitness.
Picket lines are continuing to form at four Safeway grocery stores across the state, including two here in southern Colorado. Yesterday, workers were seen picketing in front of a distribution center in Denver.
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.
The union representing Safeway store employees in Colorado has given the required 72-hour notice that the strike is set to begin one minute before midnight on Sunday.
Safeway and UFCW Local 7 will go back to the bargaining table on Tuesday. Employees at several stores in Colorado have already walked off the job.
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