The union and King Soopers have been at a standstill over contract negotiations since January. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 called for a two-week strike starting in the metro Denver area on Feb. 6 against the Colorado grocery brand operated by Kroger.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Colorado King Soopers filed a federal lawsuit Friday against UFCW Local 7 for the recent grocery store worker strike.

Approximately 10,000 employees from across Colorado will begin striking on Thursday at 5 a.m. from 77 stores across the state.

Union workers of King Soopers grocery stores in Colorado Springs have voted to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice strike.

"I go home and I'll cook a big pot of soup and bring it out when most everybody's here and good and tired and drained, so at least they're full.”

Grocery workers at King Soopers across the Front Range will strike Thursday, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced Monday morning.

Members of UFCW Local 7 for Pueblo King Soopers are expected to start striking on Friday. There are two stores in Pueblo.

On Friday, a judge partially granted a limited restraining order for King Soopers against the union representing striking workers in Colorado.

Denver District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace on Friday rejected most of the restrictions that King Soopers had sought on striking workers picketing its stores but did set some conditions.