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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratifie d new, three-year contracts. The agreements covefr more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provides wage and pension increases over the cours ofthe contracts. “Our members overwhelminglhy ratified these contracts at MillerCoors because they provide stability fortheir families,” said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamstersa Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference, which represents workers at the “For the next three our members at MillerCoors know that their wages and pension benefites will increase, which is saying a lot in today’es economy.
” The contracts call for no healthj care cost increases for workers in the first year of the contracy and only minor increases for the second and third according to the union. The new deal also guaranteesz that employees who have retired or who will retirew during the course ofthe three-year contracte won’t be required to pay health care “We value all generation s of our members, so we made sure that there were improvements for both active member s at MillerCoors and the retirees who had paverd the way before with their long years of service,” Ciprianiu said. The Teamsters union represents 1,200 MillerCoorsx workers nationwide.
The union also represents workers at the MillerCooras breweryin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contracft covering employees at the plangt areunder way. MillerCoors is a jointf venture between MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewingb Co., Golden, Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operatesa a major brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’as west side. Workers at the Milwaukee brewery are representesd by Brewery Workers Local 9 of the United AutoWorkere union.