The lawsuit claims the supermarket giants reached a deal not to poach striking workers in order to reduce the union's negotiating leverage.

Grocery chain rivals King Soopers and Albertsons cut a no-compete agreement in a 2022 Colorado strike that hurt the union’s leverage against King Soopers and a lawsuit is seeking

A Colorado grocery store worker has filed a lawsuit against Kroger and Albertsons over alleging the companies illegally colluded by entering into a “no-poach” agreement amid a 2022 strike against King Soopers.

The union for the chains’ employees had a weaker hand in negotiating wages because Albertsons agreed not to poach its rival’s workers during a strike, a complaint filed Monday alleges.

Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos., grocery giants trying to cement a $24.6 billion tie-up, are accused in a state-court lawsuit of colluding on employee hiring during a 2022 union strike at a Kroger subsidiary’s stores in Colorado.

A recently filed class action alleges that banners of Kroger and Albertsons in Colorado made no-poach agreements regarding King Soopers employees during a 2022 strike.

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Colorado union workers file a class action lawsuit against Kroger and Albertsons over alleged no-poach agreements.

Two of the nation's larger grocery store companies is the subject of a new class action lawsuit in Colorado claiming it entered illegal “no-poach” agreements with each other during a union strike in 2022.

A class action lawsuit was recently filed by local union workers against the Kroger Company and Albertsons, the owners of King Soopers and Safeway respectively.