Kraft Foods workers in Avon ratify new contract

After nearly 13 months of negotiations, members of Teamsters Local 118 have ratified a new four-year contract with Kraft Foods.

The voting was completed early Friday, said Teamsters President Paul Markwitz. The new contract is retroactive to Nov. 30, when the previous contract expired.

The new agreement covers nearly 400 workers at the Avon, Livingston County plant, and includes a 2.5 percent annual wage increase each year of the agreement, a continuation of the current health insurance plan with no employee premium increases and an enhanced pension plan.

Local 118 represents about 4,300 members in the Rochester area.