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Connecticut jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney holds talks with union workers.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2004
The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 21--Negotiators for jet engine-maker Pratt & Whitney and its 4,400 unionized machinists are set to hold their first meeting today at the Marriott hotel in Farmington as they begin bargaining for a new three-year contract agreement.
Pratt and the International Association of Machinists have about six weeks to negotiate before the existing contract expires on Dec. 5. Pension benefits, wages, job security and health insurance for existing workers and early-retirees are expected to be key issues in the talks.
Pratt machinists staged an 11-day walkout in 2001 before reaching agreement on the current contract. Since then, membership in the machinists union has fallen by...
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