Negotiators for the jet engine manufacturer made a new offer to the International Association of Machinists last night, which the union is expected to comment on publicly this morning. The 5,000 IAM members employed at Pratt & Whitney's Connecticut facilities have been out on strike since contract negotiations broke down at the beginning of last week. Bargaining resumed this past Saturday as the company was forced to reassign 2,300 salaried employees to fill in for the striking workers in order to keep its factories operational.
See "Pratt Officials Make Offer to Striking Machinists", Associated Press, The New York Times, December 11, 2001