Posts tagged Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney workers approve contract, ending strike; deal keeps work in Connecticut
May 27, 2025 // The union, representing nearly 3,000 members at two Pratt & Whitney sites in Connecticut, said the offer was approved by 74%. IAM members had rejected the company's first offer in early May. Under the contract, Pratt & Whitney pledged to continue to operate its two facilities in Connecticut, in East Hartford and Middletown, through 2029. Specifics of that commitment were not immediately available. Keeping work at the two Connecticut facilities was a top priority for the union, which had worried that work could be moved to non-union factories out of state.
CT Lawmakers Find the Line Between Governing and Union Organizing — and Cross It
May 19, 2025 // Standing alongside Sen. Matt Lesser (D-Middletown) and Rep. Nick Gauthier (D–Waterford), and Sen. MD Rahman (D-Manchester), Sen. Kushner made it crystal clear where her priorities lie — not in brokering solutions, but in prolonging standoffs. “We’ve been fighting for Senate Bill 8,” she told the crowd, referring to her legislation. She framed it to protect workers — but in reality, it’s designed to help unions hold the line longer by forcing employers to bankroll the strikes being waged against them. Describing the bill as a response to a supposedly broken federal labor system, she even falsely claiming that “we don’t even have a Federal Labor Board” — using that to justify why Connecticut needs to “do everything” to support strikers, including paying them not to work.
Thousands of machinists union members go on strike at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney
May 7, 2025 // About 3,000 labor union members have gone on strike at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut, as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and job security broke down
Workers at Pratt & Whitney, Electric Boat consider strikes
May 5, 2025 // The company has acknowledged it has been “actively preparing a business continuity plan in the event of a work stoppage,” adding it will “not waver from our commitment to continue building submarines, the nation’s top national security priority.”