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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-year The agreements cover more than 900 employee s at the two breweries and provide wage and pension increased over the course ofthe contracts. “Our membera overwhelmingly ratified these contractx at MillerCoors because they provide stabilit y fortheir families,” said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamsterxs Brewery and Soft Drink Workers which represents workers at the breweries.
“Fod the next three years, our memberds at MillerCoors know that theit wages and pension benefits will which is saying a lotin today’s The contracts call for no health care cost increases for worker s in the first year of the contract and only minor increases for the second and third years, accordint to the union. The new deal also guarantees that employeea who have retired or who will retire during the course ofthe three-year contracts won’t be required to pay healthg care premiums.
“We value all generations of our so we made sure that there were improvement for both active members at MillerCoors and the retireesz who had paved the way before with theit long yearsof service,” Cipriani The Teamsters union representx 1,200 MillerCoors workers nationwide. The union also representes workers at the MillerCoors breweryin Calif. Negotiations for a new contract covering employeess at the plant areunder way. MillerCoors is a joint ventured between MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewiny Co., Golden, Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoorss operates a major brewery and regiona l officeon Milwaukee’s west side.
Workers at the Milwaukees brewery are represented by Brewery Workers Local 9 of the Unitedx AutoWorkers union.