3,000 Union Members Strike Against Jet Engine Manufacturer Pratt & Whitney

The company’s contract offer had ‘nothing to improve job security,’ said a statement from the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers.

Andy Opgaard, a Pratt & Whitney employee, crosses the street to join fellow strikers on the picket line at the Silver Lane entrance on the first day of their strike, in East Hartford, Conn., on May 5, 2025. Aaron Flaum/Hartford Courant via AP

Roughly 3,000 workers from aviation engine maker Pratt & Whitney are on strike at the company’s facilities in Connecticut after negotiations over new work contracts fell through.

The union members, who are affiliated with the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) labor union, “overwhelmingly rejected” the company’s contract proposal, IAM said in a May 4 statement.