Thousands of unionized machinists are on strike at aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney’s plants in Connecticut.
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) voted down a proposed contract put forward by the company at a meeting on Sunday, saying it failed to address their concerns about wages, retirement benefits, and job security. Because the previous contract between Pratt and the union had lapsed, the membership was implicitly agreeing to a strike, the first such action against Pratt since 2001.
