Anheuser-Busch, Teamsters Agree On Contract Covering Brewery Employees Represented By The Union; Pact Runs Until 2004.Business Editors ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2001 Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BUD) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Teamsters large, powerful union of U. S. truckers. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2703] See : Labor have reached agreement on a contract covering company employees at the brewer's 12 U.S. breweries who are represented by the union, company officials announced today. The agreement runs through February, 2004. "As of today all differences between the company and the union regarding pending National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) and 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act), which affirmed labor's right charges and litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. have been resolved," said Mark T. Bobak, Vice President-Corporate Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. "But the fact is that we have been operating under our implemented final offer for two and a half years, so this should make no real difference in the day-to-day operation of our breweries." The two parties began negotiations on a new contract in late 1997. In September, 1998, when impasse had been reached, the company implemented its final offer. "Operations under the final offer have been favorable for both employees and the company," he said. "Employees represented by the union have received four pay raises totaling nearly two dollars an hour since the implementation," he said. "At the same time, absenteeism has dropped dramatically...a reduction of about 52 percent." Today's announcement follows several months of work by company and union officials to resolve pending National Labor Relations Board charges and litigation which needed to be cleared before the agreement could be finalized. Under the new contract, the average Anheuser-Busch employee would make more than $66,000 annually. Total compensation...including pay and benefits...would average nearly $50 per hour. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. is the brewer of Budweiser, Bud Light and some 30 other beer brands. The company operates breweries in St. Louis, Mo., Newark, N.J., Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Calif., Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , Columbus, Ohio, Jacksonville, Fla., Merrimack, N.H., Williamsburg, Va., Fairfield, Calif., Baldwinsville, N.Y., Fort Collins, Colo., and Cartersville, Ga. SOURCE: Anheuser-Busch, Inc. |
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