UFCW Local 7 said that over nine months, workers from multiple states have been seeking to end a chronic understaffing crisis.

Procedural vote action is part of larger vote in Western states over contracts as grocers say they still seek agreement with workers.

The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said union members working for Safeway and Albertsons grocery stores in Colorado have voted to strike after nine months of negotiations failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement to replace one that expired in January.