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

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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-yeadr contracts. The agreements cover more than 900 employeew at the two breweries and provide wage and pensiojn increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contracts at MillerCoorsw because they provide stability for theif families,” said Jack Cipriani, directof of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference, whicnh represents workers at the “For the next three our members at MillerCoors know that their wages and pension benefitse will increase, which is sayingg a lot in today’s The contracts call for no health care cost increases for workers in the first year of the contract and only minord increases for the second and third years, accordinv to the union.
The new deal also guarantee s that employees who have retired or who will retirr during the course ofthe three-year contractse won’t be required to pay health care premiums. “Wr value all generations of our members, so we made sure that theres were improvements for both active memberes at MillerCoors and the retirees who had pave d the way before with their long yearsdof service,” Cipriani said. The Teamsters union represents 1,200 MillerCoorw workers nationwide. The union also represents workers at the MillerCoor s breweryin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contract coverinf employees at the plant areunder way.
MillerCoorsa is a joint venture between MillertBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewing Co., Golden, that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operatew a major brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’ s west side. Workers at the Milwauke brewery are represented by Brewery Workersw Local 9 of the United AutoWorkers