Teamsters Say to Bears Fans: MillerCoors Wants Chicago to Lose

Union Members Reject Destruction of Health Care Guarantees

CHICAGO, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of Teamsters Local 325 in
Rockford, Ill. protested at the Chicago Bears game at Soldiers Field yesterday
in opposition to plans by MillerCoors', a subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing
Company (NYSE: TAP), largest distributor in Illinois, Hayes Beer Distributing
Company, to destroy any guarantees of health care coverage.

Nearly a year ago, the drivers, merchandisers and helpers at the MillerCoors
distributor in Rockford voted to join the Teamsters Union. Since then, they
have been retaliated against by having money taken out of their paychecks in
violation of federal law. Hayes is also trying to impose on its workers a
contract that refuses any guarantee of health care coverage.

Teamster members distributed leaflets to Bears fans and an airplane circled
overhead towing a banner that read, "Miller Wants Chicago to Lose."

"Bears fans have made Miller the number one beer in Chicago," said Jeff
Porter, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 325. "So you'd think Miller would want to
treat the hardworking people of Illinois who deliver Miller beer with the
respect they deserve."

"We work hard to service local businesses so we can support our families,"
said Jim Stilson, a driver with Hayes Beer Distributing. "We just want the
community to know that Illinois families are having their health care coverage
threatened. Destroying my health care guarantees destroys community standards.
MillerCoors needs to make sure it lives up to those standards."

"Forcing employees into a health care plan with no guarantees is
irresponsible," said Porter. "The loss of health coverage could easily
bankrupt a family and we won't stand for that."

The employees of Hayes Beer Distributing distribute MillerCoors beer brands to
the Rockford metropolitan area, the Chicago suburbs and northern Illinois. The
Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference also represents more than
1,200 employees of MillerCoors breweries in the United States and Canada.

The conference is part of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which
was founded in 1903 and represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women in
the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

SOURCE Teamsters Local 325

Jeffrey Porter of Teamsters Local 325, +1-815-874-6307