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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-yeaf contracts. The agreements cover more than 900 employees at the two breweriesz and provide wage and pension increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contracts at MillerCoors becaus they provide stability for their families,” said Jack director of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drinkl Workers Conference, which represents workers at the “For the next three our members at MillerCoors know that theirf wages and pension benefits will which is saying a lot in today’s economy.
” The contracts call for no healtyh care cost increases for workersa in the first year of the contrac t and only minor increases for the secondr and third years, according to the union. The new deal also guaranteea that employees who have retired or who will retire during the course ofthe three-yeadr contracts won’t be required to pay health care “We value all generations of our members, so we made sure that therre were improvements for both active members at MillerCoors and the retiree who had paved the way before with thei r long years of service,” Cipriani said. The Teamsters unionn represents 1,200 MillerCoors workers nationwide.
The union also representse workers at the MillerCoor s breweryin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contracgt covering employees at the plant areunder way. MillerCoorzs is a joint venture between MillerBrewing Co., and Coors Brewing Co., Golden, that launched in July 2008. MillerCoorw operates a major brewery and regionalo officeon Milwaukee’s west side. Workers at the Milwaukee brewerg are represented by Brewery Workers Locap 9 of the United AutoWorkers union.