They made good on that promise on June 15, joining the first cities to go on strike, including Fountain, Estes Park, and a Denver distribution center. Later in the day, workers from the Littleton Safeway also walked off the job,

Safeway and Albertsons employees across Colorado hit the picket lines this weekend, protesting what they say are unfair labor

FILE PHOTO: A Brown–Forman Distilleries worker helps stock aisle three with wine on Wednesday morning, March 1, 2023, at the Safeway grocery store on South Havana Street in Aurora, Colo. Kroger and Albertsons announced April 22, 2024 that the Safeway brand in Arizona and Colorado will be licensed to C&S Wholesale if the merger goes through.

Labor negotiations between Safeway workers and the company have stalled in Colorado. A strike could happen as soon as Sunday, June 15.