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 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.

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

The strike will affect 77 stores in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties, as well as in Boulder and Louisville.

Pueblo King Soopers employees with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 joined a statewide unfair labor practice strike on Feb. 7.

King Soopers said they were working to file a temporary restraining order as strikes continue throughout Colorado.

King Soopers is suing the union representing the workers striking in Colorado, claiming bad-faith negotiating tactics.

With a strike underway in several Front Range communities, King Soopers has sued the labor union that represents thousands of its employees.

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

The start of a two-week-long strike by thousands of Colorado King Soopers workers meant people on the picket lines and shoppers either choosing to cross those lines or avoiding King Soopers in favor of other grocery stores.