By Doug Cunningham

For two months International Association of Machinists workers have been on strike at Raytheon in Arizona, the world’s largest maker of missile. Federal mediation of talks to end the strike begin tomorrow. The union meets with the federal mediator January 13th. The 1200 workers are on strike defending their health care benefits. Raytheon is trying to increase worker health care costs by as much as 87 percent, according to the union.