About 3,000 labor union members went on strike early Monday at jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut, as negotiations over wages, retirement benefits and job security broke down. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers were picketing at manufacturing locations in East

A strike by more than 3,000 unionized workers at Pratt & Whitney plants in Connecticut entered its second day on Tuesday with no indication that negotiations will resume anytime soon. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers hit the picket line at midnight on Monday.