US Pratt engine strikers press for jobs commitment, union says
(Reuters) -A nearly week-long strike by around 3,000 U.S. Pratt & Whitney workers to keep jet engine work in Connecticut is the latest source of uncertainty in an aerospace supply chain already struggling to meet global demand for new airliners. Jeff Santini, lead negotiator for the workers, told Reuters on Friday that the stoppage largely hinges on securing a commitment to keep certain Pratt work for Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighters in the U.S. state. "Job security is number one right now," Santini told Reuters, after joining federal lawmakers from Connecticut and workers on a picket line.