Northwest Airlines Corp. and its baggage handlers and ramp workers reached a tentative agreement early Friday aimed at slashing the bankrupt airline's labor expenses, union and airline officials said. The agreement came hours before a bankruptcy court hearing in New York, where Judge Allan Gropper was to consider whether to allow Northwest to throw out the union contract and impose its own terms.
See "Ground Workers Reach Agreement With NW Air", Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, May 18, 2006