EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Workers at the Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. bottling plant were expected to return to work late Monday after approving a new contract over the weekend.

Employees in the Teamsters Local 1035 union, which represents 350 workers at the East Hartford plant, approved the agreement 258-23 on Saturday, said Christopher Roos, secretary-treasurer of the union.

Union leaders and company officials reached a tentative agreement Thursday night that ended a four-day strike.

The new 6-year contract would increase benefits and salaries a total of 3.21 percent a year on average. The deal includes salary increases of 25 cents an hour for most of the contract and 50 cents an hour in the final year.

Work at the plant is scheduled to resume at midnight Monday night.

Employees walked out over the company’s proposal that they pay more for health benefits.

Another 1,750 Teamsters workers at the Coca-Cola Enterprises plant in Los Angeles remain on strike, but Roos said they are close to reaching a deal.

Coca-Cola Enterprises is a separate company from The Coca-Cola Co., but it produces 80 percent of Coca-Cola bottles and cans in North America. Bottlers buy concentrate from the Coca-Cola Co. and contribute money for marketing the product.