Thousands of machinists at Pratt & Whitney vote to go on strike

Thousands of machinists at Pratt & Whitney have voted to go on strike on Monday. Union officials said over 3,000 members of Machinist (IAM) Locals 700 and 1746 are going on strike at Pratt & Whitney’s Middletown and East Hartford plants. They are reportedly citing inadequate wage increases, weakening of their retirement benefits, rising health insurance costs and a lack...