On Thursday, workers at 77 King Soopers stores across the Denver metro area started a strike after months of negotiations.

King Soopers says it's an issue of customer safety. The union says it's an attempt to silence and intimidate picketers.

From Speer to the southern 'burbs, we were always excited to find what was in store. But until the picketing ends — no more.

King Soopers has filed a temporary restraining order against union workers, accusing picketers of harassing customers amid a strike across over 70 Denver metro area grocery stores.

Legal battles continue as the strike at King Soopers locations across Colorado's Front Range near one week. As the strike continues, ripple effects are impacting more than just workers and store earnings;

It wouldn’t be the first time the grocer tried to stop picketers outside of its stores. A court judge granted King Soopers a temporary restraining order during the 2022 strike. This story is developing.

King Soopers asked a Denver judge Tuesday to grant a temporary restraining order against striking union employees that would limit certain picketing activities.

Some 10,000 grocery store workers across the greater Denver area went on strike Thursday, claiming unfair and illegal negotiating practices by King Soopers while their union has been negotiating a new contract with the store chain.

The union representing striking King Soopers workers has denounced a lawsuit filed by the grocery chain that calls the workers' actions "unsafe." The union said King Soopers was trying to "silence its own workers.

King Soopers officials announced Tuesday they’re seeking a temporary restraining order against thousands of striking employees, claiming that picketing has created “unsafe conditions."