Pratt Workers Show Solidarity to Save Jobs
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Pratt & Whitney could close two Connecticut facilities.
The Pratt and Whitney machinists union began its fight Friday to save about a thousand jobs in the state.
Union officials met with the company for the first in a series of talks required by their contract. Earlier this week, Pratt and Whitney announced it's considering a plan to close it's Cheshire Engine Center in 2011 and close an East Hartford repair unit by mid 2010.
The machinists says the Cheshire work would move to Georgia and Singapore. The East Hartford work, some of it for the government, would also go overseas to Singapore or Japan.
"The bottom line at the end of the day and the end of the meeting, if you're looked at their charts, it was all about making a bigger profit," said union member James Parent. "It was all about corporate greed and that's what's got to end in this country."
The company released this statement. "This evaluation is between Pratt and Whitney and the union and we fell that the details of these discussions are best kept between the parties involved."
The two sides will meet periodically over a 45 day period which is required by the union contract. The next meeting is scheduled for August 4.
Posted Saturday, Jul 25, 2009 - 12:02 AM EST
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