Emilio Avelar at People’s World reports that for the first time in a generation, Safeway/Albertsons Workers are out on the picket lines in the State of Colorado. With more than 98% of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 Members approving strike votes over the last few weeks, a cascade of pickets is rising across the Boulder State daily - a Strike action not seen at Safeway for 29 years. “It’s gonna be a slow burn,” one UFCW Local 7 Business Agent told People’s World on the picket line at the Distribution Center in Denver. Starting with a few retail locations in Estes Park, Fountain, and Pueblo, plus the regional distribution center, the Strike has since grown day-by-day to include outlets in Colorado Springs, Greeley, Fort Collins, Boulder and now the Greater Denver-Aurora metro. Each day, new locations walk out, keeping the company on edge and scrambling to deploy scabs. With a high level of discipline, Workers hit the bricks to shut down their stores and set up their pickets. Some customers who cross the picket lines are finding that the products they seek are not available. Teamsters Truck Drivers are honoring the picket lines across the State in solidarity with the Grocery Workers and are depriving picketed stores of essential deliveries. 

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