HARTFORD, CT—In the opening salvo of contract talks, Pratt & Whitney management is asking the Machinist union to give up 252 jobs at its East Hartford, CT, and Middletown, CT, plants, clearing the way for the company to bring in outside contractors for material handling work.
PITTSBURGH—A 12-year study by the University of Pittsburgh has found no statistically significant elevations in overall cancer rates among the workforce at the Pratt & Whitney jet engine assembly plant in North Haven, CT. The investigation was begun in 2000 after several workers were diagnosed with brain cancer.
NEWARK, DE—GE Aviation will invest $27 million to expand its assembly plant here to boost production of ceramic matrix composites, which are used to make advanced aircraft engine components. The move will create 70 jobs.
AUBURN, AL—GE Aviation has opened a $75 million assembly plant here. The 300,000-square-foot factory will produce parts for commercial and military jet engines. It will employ 50 initially and up to 400 workers by the end of the decade.
CLYDE, NY—Parker Aerospace and GE Aviation are building an assembly plant here to make fuel nozzles for commercial aircraft engines. The joint venture will employ approximately 300 people.
PRINCE GEORGE, VA—Rolls-Royce plans to build a second assembly plant here, creating 140 new jobs. The $136 million facility will produce turbine blades and nozzle guide vanes for jet engines.
