Stop The Merger Press Conference & Community Rally To Highlight Why The Kroger-Albertsons Merger Is Detrimental To Coloradans

For Immediate Release: March 31, 2023

Contact: Marcela Salazar, misalazar@ufcw7.com | 720-434-7550 

Grocery Workers, Elected Officials, & Community Leaders Will Come Together and Ask the FTC & State of Colorado to Stop the Merger

DENVER – The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 7 (UFCW Local 7) and members of the Stop the Merger Coalition will be joined by community leaders, local elected officials, and grocery workers on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at 10AM MT. This will take place at a recently closed Safeway gas station in Centennial, CO.

WHO:

·         Kim Cordova, President, UFCW Local 7

·         Rep. Jason Crow (CO-6)

·         Dave Young, Colorado State Treasurer

·         Tyler Garrett, Director of Government Relations, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union 

·         Sofia Solano, Organizing Director, Colorado Jobs With Justice

·         Carol McMillian, grocery worker impacted by 2015 Safeway-Albertsons merger who now works at a King Soopers

·         Pamala Husted, grocery worker at King Soopers

·         Haven Rohnert, grocery worker at Safeway and Colorado Cross Disability Coalition Volunteer

WHAT: Stop the Kroger-Albertsons Merger Press Conference & Rally

WHEN: Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at 10:00 AM MT

WHERE: Closed Safeway Gas Station - 20153 E Smoky Hill Rd. Centennial, CO 80015

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  The Stop the Merger campaign includes over 100 national, state and local organizations representing diverse interests who share a common goal: to stop the proposed Kroger-Albertsons grocery merger because of its negative impact on our nation’s communities. For more information visit www.NoGroceryMerger.com