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,

The officials of the United Food and Commercial Workers are deliberately isolating different sections of grocery workers to keep a national movement from emerging.

Safeway workers could strike as early as Sunday after the union gave 72-hour notice following stalled negotiations over staffing and unfair labor practices.

Tensions rise as Safeway and the workers' union meet today to discuss critical issues like wages and benefits. With a possible strike looming, find out how these negotiations could impact shoppers and whether King Soopers will be affected as well.

Chronic understaffing at Albertsons and Kroger grocery stores has led to a near unanimous vote to strike in about 105 stores in Colorado – including 100% of the workers at the Salida Safeway store.

No strike date has been set, although workers at stores along the Front Range and across Colorado have authorized the union action.

The Safeway strike vote comes as workers there have been ... “I don't think negotiations are going to impact the number of workers, because they just can't afford it with their operating margins.”

Thursday is the last day for thousands of grocery store workers to vote on authorizing a strike at Kroger, which operates Safeway, OFC, Albertsons, and other stores.