Union OKs contract with beer distributor

[Omaha Steve]

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Proud Eagle Inc. recently purchased Central Distributing
Local Teamsters ratified a new five-year contract on Saturday morning with the local distributor for Budweiser and Yuengling beers in the Charleston and Parkersburg areas.


CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Local Teamsters ratified a new five-year contract on Saturday morning with the local distributor for Budweiser and Yuengling beers in the Charleston and Parkersburg areas.

The contract, approved by 92 percent of the union's members, will give warehouse employees wage increases of $95 a week over the life of the contract. Delivery truck drivers will receive an additional 3.25 cents in commissions for each case of beer delivered.

The new contract with Proud Eagle Inc., which recently purchased Central Distributing, will also give employees 8.5 percent pension increases over the life of the contract.

Mountain Eagle, Proud Eagle's sister company, distributes Budweiser products in the Beckley region.

Although Proud Eagle recognized the union contract when it purchased Central Distributing, this is the first contract negotiated between the parties.

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