Safeway Stores 44 Inc. v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

Opinion by

Judge CASEBOLT.

Safeway Stores 44 Inc. (Safeway) seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Panel) affirming the determination by a hearing officer that Nathan J. Aggus and other similarly-situated Safeway employees (claimants) are eligible to receive unemployment benefits under § 8-73-109(1), C.R.S.1997. We affirm.

The claimants are employees of Safeway and members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local #7 (Union). When contracts for employees of Safeway and another chain of grocery stores, King Soopers (Kings), neared expiration, Safeway and…