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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-year contracts. The agreements covet more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provided wage and pension increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contractas at MillerCoors because they provide stability for theitr families,” said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamsters Brewer and Soft Drink Workers Conference, which represents workers at the “For the next thred years, our members at MillerCoors know that their wages and pensiobn benefits will increase, which is saying a lot in today’ss economy.
” The contracts call for no health care cost increasesw for workers in the first year of the contracg and only minor increases for the secons and third years, according to the union. The new deal also guarantees that employees who have retired or who will retire duringy the course ofthe three-yeaer contracts won’t be required to pay health care “We value all generations of our so we made sure that therd were improvements for both activre members at MillerCoors and the retirees who had paved the way befores with their long yeare of service,” Cipriani said. The Teamstersw union represents 1,200 MillerCoors workere nationwide.
The union also represents workers at the MillerCoors breweryin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contracf covering employees at the plant areunder way. MillerCoors is a joint venture betweenm MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewing Co., Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operates a majodr brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’s west Workers at the Milwaukee brewery are represented by Brewerh Workers Local 9 of the Unitedx Auto Workers union.