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What the recent grocery strike could mean for organized labor’s future

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King Soopers workers went on strike in Denver on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, including here on Sheridan Boulevard in Edgewater.

Empty shelves, empty parking lots and heated rhetoric we’re just some of the things people experienced last week when workers from Denver area King Soopers went on strike. On Monday, workers from 77 stores approved a new three-year agreement with the grocery chain. James Walsh is a political science professor at the University of Colorado Denver who studies labor movements. He helps break down the deal and its possible statewide impact.