After five months at the bargaining table, the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) 3000 union voted to reject their employers’ latest contract by more than 97%.

Procedural vote action is part of larger vote in Western states over contracts as grocers say they still seek agreement with workers.

The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said union members working for Safeway and Albertsons in Colorado have voted to strike after nine months of negotiations failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement to replace one that expired in January.