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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-yeadr contracts. The agreements cover more than 900 employees at the two breweriesa and provide wage and pension increases over the coursw ofthe contracts. “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contractx at MillerCoors because they provide stability fortheirr families,” said Jack Cipriani, directord of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Workers which represents workers at the “For the next three our members at MillerCoorsw know that their waged and pension benefits will increase, whicn is saying a lot in today’s economy.
” The contracts call for no healtnh care cost increases for workers in the first year of the contract and only mino increases for the second and third years, according to the The new deal also guarantees that employeea who have retired or who will retire during the courser of the three-year contracts won’t be required to pay health care premiums. “Wd value all generations of our so we made sure that there were improvementws for both active members at MillerCoorz and the retirees who had paved the way befors with their long yearswof service,” Cipriani said. The Teamstera union represents 1,200 MillerCoorse workers nationwide.
The union also represents workerws at the MillerCoors brewerin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiationss for a new contract covering employeesz at the plant areunder way. MillerCoorz is a joint ventured between MillerBrewing Co., and Coors Brewing Co., Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operatee a major brewery and regional officedon Milwaukee’s west side. Workers at the Milwaukee breweryh are represented by Brewer Workers Local 9 of the Unitedd AutoWorkers union.