Molson Coors contract negotiations collapse at Fort Worth brewery [Video]

On Thursday, members of the Teamsters Local 997 issued a statement announcing that it had broken off mediated negotiations with Molson Coors after the company failed to include “real wage increases” in its proposed new three-year worker contract. According to the Teamsters, after 41 days of the brewers’ 24/7 strike following Molson Coors’ “original degrading offer of 99-cent per hour raises” in a new worker contract, the company’s latest proposal offered “just five more cents per hour” over the initially offered deal.

The Fort Worth brewery, located at 7001 South Freeway, opened in 1969 and became the home of Miller Lite in 1975. According to the Molson Coors website, 520 employees work at the Fort Worth facility. Molson Coors is among the largest beverage companies in the work, and products produced at …