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.

After a contract extension between union workers and Safeway/Albertsons was terminated, some workers across Colorado will begin striking on Sunday.

On Sunday, some Safeway employees formed picket lines to fight what they say are unfair labor practices. Strikes happened at stores in Fountain, Pueblo, Estes Park and a distribution center in Denver.

Workers at stores in metro Denver and other parts of Colorado could hit picket lines as early as Sunday morning.

Without a labor agreement in place with Union UFCW Local 7, Estes Park Safeway employees will go on strike on Sunday morning, joining just three other Safeway locations,