Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney reaches tentative agreement with striking machinists

Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney announced Friday that it reached a tentative agreement with the union representing about 3,000 machinists in Connecticut who've been on strike since May 4 demanding improved job security and better wages, retirement benefits and health care coverage. The company said the tentative agreement, reached after the two sides resumed talks on Thursday, addresses “key points of interest among union members." In a post on Facebook, the union said it was bringing “an improved" tentative agreement to the unionized workers for a vote.