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;

King Soopers union members established picket lines at 77 grocery stores throughout the Denver metro area Thursday to protest unfair labor practices. State of play: The labor dispute is expected to last two weeks and affect about 10,

King Soopers files a restraining order against striking workers over harassment claims, amidst a wider labor dispute.

Unionized King Soopers workers in Broomfield and Boulder counties joined their peers in the Denver metro area to vote in favor of a strike authorization this week as the Kroger Co.-owned (NYSE: KR) grocery-store chain and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 have failed to agree on terms for a new labor contract.

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

A hearing involving King Soopers and striking union workers took place Thursday. The grocery store has filed for a restraining order against striking workers citing safety concerns.

King Soopers has filed two lawsuits against United Food and Commercial Workers since the union voted to strike over unfair labor practices on Feb. 6.

"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.”