HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's attorney general has argued in federal appeals court that jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney failed to make every reasonable effort to keep jobs in the state as required by the company's contract with the Machinists union.
U.S. District Judge Janet Hall in Bridgeport halted Pratt & Whitney's plans in February to shut two engine repair facilities in Cheshire and East Hartford. Hall said the moves would violate the union contract.
Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of Hartford-based United Technologies Corp., says in its appeal that it must consider in good faith all reasonable measures to avoid moving work, but has no obligation to invest more money or accept reduced profits.
It wants to move the jobs to Columbus, Ga., Japan and Singapore.
