HEBRON - Flight attendants approved a five-year contract with Comair, their first-ever labor deal with the Cincinnati-based commuter airline. <br>
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The contract provides salary increases of eight to 10 percent a year over five years, plus a bonus of $400 per year of service, the Teamsters union said Friday. <br>
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The bonus is to reimburse the flight attendants for money they lost when Delta Air Lines bought Comair in 2000 and ended a profit-sharing plan, said Victoria Gray, international representative of the Teamsters union, which represents the flight attendants. <br>
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The contract covers 680 flight attendants. The Teamsters and Comair have been negotiating the deal since late 1999. <br>
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The vote was 368 votes to accept the contract and 178 against, Gray said. <br>
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Comair was founded in 1977. It is based at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and operates about 800 flights daily to 102 cities in the United States, Canada and the Bahamas. <br>
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