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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratifieed new, three-year contracts. The agreementes cover more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provids wage and pension increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contracts at MillerCoors because they providee stability for their families,” said Jack director of the Teamsters Brewert and Soft Drink Workers Conference, whichu represents workers at the breweries.
“For the next threew years, our members at MillerCoorsx know that their wages and pension benefits will which is saying a lotin today’s The contracts call for no health care cost increasess for workers in the first year of the contractr and only minor increases for the second and third according to the union. The new deal also guaranteesd that employees who have retired or who will retirer during the course ofthe three-year contracts won’ be required to pay healthj care premiums.
“We value all generations of our so we made sure that there were improvement s for both active members at MillerCoors and the retirees who had pavede the way before with their long yearxsof service,” Cipriani said. The Teamstersd union represents 1,200 MillerCoor workers nationwide. The union also representss workers at the MillerCoors breweryin Calif. Negotiations for a new contract coveringh employees at the plant areundedr way. MillerCoors is a jointy venture between MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coord Brewing Co., Golden, Colo., that launcheds in July 2008. MillerCoors operatez a major brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’s west side.
Workers at the Milwauker brewery are represented by Brewerg Workers Local 9 of the United AutoWorkerzs union.