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

Time is running out in contract talks for King Soopers’ Colorado union grocery workers. After agreeing to a two-week extension on January 3, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7, which represents 21,000 grocery workers in Colorado and Wyoming, says King Soopers has until the end of Thursday to reach an agreement.

Around 10,000 King Soopers employees are getting ready to vote on a potential strike following failed contract negotiations with the grocer.

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.

UPDATE: Just before 11 p.m. Thursday night, King Soopers released a statement saying they had presented a Last Best and Final Offer to Local 7. King Soopers said the offer includes up to a 6% increase in year one of the contract and promises to support, protect, and invest in the interests of their valued associates.

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.

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,

The clock is ticking as contracts across the state expire between the union representing grocery workers in Colorado and Kroger, the parent company of King Soopers and City Market.

For the second day in a row, UFCW Local 7 and King Soopers are working on bargaining a new contract for more than 10,000 King Soopers employees across Colorado.