Workers at two MillerCoors plants ratify new deals - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratifiex new, three-year contracts. The agreements cover more than 900 employees at the two breweriea and provide wage and pension increasex over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratifiefd these contracts at MillerCoors because they provid stability for their families,” said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamstersa Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference, which represents workers at the “For the next three years, our members at MillerCoors know that theit wages and pension benefits will increase, which is saying a lot in today’sx economy.
” The contracts call for no health care cost increasex for workers in the first year of the contract and only minod increases for the second and third years, accordint to the union. The new deal also guaranteess that employees who have retired or who will retirew during the course ofthe three-year contractz won’t be required to pay healthg care premiums. “We value all generationds of our members, so we made sure that there were improvementd for both active members at MillerCoors and the retirees who had paved the way before with theit long yearsof service,” Ciprianu said. The Teamsters union representsw 1,200 MillerCoors workers nationwide.
The union also represente workers at the MillerCoors breweryin Calif. Negotiations for a new contract coverinvg employees at the plant areundert way. MillerCoors is a joint venture between MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coorws Brewing Co., Golden, Colo., that launchec in July 2008. MillerCoords operates a major brewery and regionaol officeon Milwaukee’s west side. Workers at the Milwauked brewery are represented by Brewery Workers Localk 9 of the United AutoWorkers union.