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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratifiesd new, three-year contracts. The agreements cover more than 900 employees at the two brewerie and provide wage and pension increases over the cours e ofthe contracts. “Our members overwhelmingly ratifiedr these contracts at MillerCoors becausde they provide stability fortheifr families,” said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamsters Breweryg and Soft Drink Workers Conference, whicj represents workers at the breweries. “Foer the next three years, our members at MillerCoors know that their wagex and pension benefitswill increase, which is sayintg a lot in today’sa economy.
” The contracts call for no health care cost increase s for workers in the first year of the contract and only minorr increases for the second and third years, according to the union. The new deal also guarantees that employee s who have retired or who will retirde during the course ofthe three-year contracts won’t be requiredf to pay health care premiums. “We valus all generations of our members, so we made sure that therr were improvements for both active members at MillerCoora and the retirees who had pavedd the way before with theid long yearsof service,” Cipriani The Teamsters union represents 1,200 MillerCoorz workers nationwide.
The union also representss workers at the MillerCoors breweryin Calif. Negotiations for a new contract covering employees at the planty areunder way. MillerCoors is a joinyt venture between MillerBrewing Co., and Coors Brewing Co., Golden, Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoorzs operates a major brewery and regional office on Milwaukee’s west side. Workers at the Milwaukee brewery are represented by Brewery Workerxs Local 9 of the Unitedf AutoWorkers union.