Frontier, Teamsters reach tentative pact
By Chris Walsh, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published November 22, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.
Text size 
Frontier Airlines and the Teamsters union have come to a tentative agreement over contract changes for 125 workers who clean aircraft cabins.
The four-year deal includes an undisclosed level of wage cuts but would not change employee benefits.
It also stipulates that Frontier aircraft cleaners receive pay hikes if customer service agents get wage increases.
Workers will vote next month on whether to ratify the deal.
Frontier is looking to cut labor costs and other expenses as it reorganizes in bankruptcy protection.
"It is what it is," said Matthew Fazakas, president of Teamsters Local 961. "Nobody's ever happy about dealing with bankruptcies."
Featured
-
DNC in Denver
Complete coverage of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
-
The Crevasse
A five-part series that examines one tragic day on Mount Rainier.
-
Deadly denial
Sick nuclear workers applied for government compensation but most haven't seen a dime.
-
Final Salute
The Rocky followed Maj. Steve Beck as he took on the most difficult duty of his career.
-
'Colorado's burning'
Coverage of the state's worst wildfires.
-
Columbine shootings
Coverage of the April 20, 1999, shootings at Littleton's Columbine High School.
-
The Crossing
Colorado's deadliest traffic accident killed 20 children on Dec. 14, 1961.
-
Osveli's journey
Osveli Sales left Guatemala for a better life. Two months later, he came home in a box.
-
Wake for an Indian warrior
Oglala Sioux bestow a tribute to the first tribal fatality in Iraq.
