Grocery union postpones vote on latest contract offer

DENVER (AP) — Safeway and King Soopers say they've given union workers their last, best, final contract offer.

Voting by workers represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 had been scheduled to begin Wednesday but has been postponed to give workers more time to review the proposal.

Contract talks have been going on since April. While Safeway workers have voted to authorize a strike, the union's international president has held off on sanctioning that. Joe Hansen instead said he would urge the stores to submit a final offer.

Local president Ernest Duran Jr. has said the threat of a strike before the busy holiday season could help both sides reach a deal.