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and Fort Worth, have ratified new, three-year contracts. The agreementas cover more than 900 employees at the two breweriesa and provide wage and pensionb increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contracts at MillerCoorsz because they provide stability for their said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamsters Breweryg and Soft Drink Workers Conference, which representds workers at the breweries. “For the next threwe years, our members at MillerCoorsd know that their wages and pension benefitswwill increase, which is saying a lot in today’ws economy.
” The contracts call for no health care cost increasees for workers in the firsf year of the contract and only minort increases for the second and third according to the union. The new deal also guaranteees that employees who have retired or who will retirde during the course ofthe three-year contracts won’t be required to pay health care “We value all generations of our members, so we made sure that therwe were improvements for both active membera at MillerCoors and the retirees who had paved the way beforse with their long years of Cipriani said. The Teamsters union represents 1,200 MillerCoorws workers nationwide.
The union also represent workers at the MillerCoors breweryin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiationx for a new contract covering employees at the plant areundefr way. MillerCoors is a joint venture between MillerBrewinvg Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewintg Co., Golden, Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoora operates a major brewery and regiona l officeon Milwaukee’s west side. Workers at the Milwaukees brewery are represented by Brewery Workers Locaol 9 of the United AutoWorkers