Friday, December 09, 2005
4-Year Contract for Continental F/As
Yesterday Continental Airlines and its flight attendants came to an agreement on terms of a new four-year contract.
Had the parties not reached an agreement yesterday, both sides would have been released from mediation. In that case, a strike may have ensued.
The four-year tentative deal preserves the pay scale for current flight attendants, boosts the top base pay rate to $50 an hour and includes a no-furlough clause, the union said.Continental CEO Larry Kellner joined talks with the flight attendants' representatives at the National Mediation Board in Washington, according to an article on CNN's website.
Had the parties not reached an agreement yesterday, both sides would have been released from mediation. In that case, a strike may have ensued.
"Our members demanded we prevent the massive pay cuts and pension losses suffered by flight attendants at other carriers and we succeeded," William O'Driscoll, president of the Continental flight attendants' IAM district, said in a statement.The deal must be ratified by the flight attendants who are represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The union issued its own press release about the deal with Continental.
