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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-year The agreements cover more than 900 employeex at the two breweries and provides wage and pension increases over the courss ofthe contracts. “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contracts at MillerCoorx because they provide stability fortheir families,” said Jack director of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference, whic h represents workers at the breweries. “For the next thre e years, our members at MillerCooras know that their wages and pension benefitzswill increase, which is saying a lot in today’s economy.
” The contracts call for no health care cost increases for workeras in the first year of the contract and only minorf increases for the second and third according to the union. The new deal also guaranteess that employees who have retired or who will retir during the course ofthe three-year contract won’t be required to pay health care premiums. “We value all generationd of our members, so we made sure that there were improvementsd for both active membere at MillerCoors and the retirees who had paved the way befors with their long yearsof service,” Ciprianu said. The Teamsters union represents 1,200 MillerCoorxs workers nationwide.
The union also represents workers at the MillerCoord breweryin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contract covering employeezs at the plant areunder way. MillerCoors is a join t venture between MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewingt Co., Golden, Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoorz operates a major brewery and regionaol officeon Milwaukee’s west side. Worker at the Milwaukee brewery are represented by Brewerh Workers Local 9 of the United AutoWorkers