The strike started at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, after about 3,200 local members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted yesterday to reject a modified four-year labor agreement, the union said. Read more here.

The union representing Boeing employees have begun a strike after about 3,200 workers at facilities in St. Louis and other locations voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement.

More than 3,000 Boeing machinists entered their third day of a strike on Wednesday. The workers, who make fighter jets and weapons systems at facilities in Illinois and Missouri, are organizing for better pay,

Several thousand workers at three Midwest manufacturing plants where Boeing develops military aircraft and weapons went on strike early Monday, potentially complicating the aerospace company's progress in regaining its financial footing.

Despite a six-figure pay offer and bonuses on the table, workers from Boeing say this fight is about more than money.

After rejecting the company's second proposed contract, union members in the St. Louis area began striking Monday. They said they will not stop until they receive a fair deal.

Boeing machinists went on strike Monday morning, after the union rejected the company's contract offer for the second time in two weeks.

In a significant labor movement, 3,200 unionized workers from Boeing's Missouri and Illinois plants have initiated a strike. This action follows the rejection of a proposed four-year contract that included a 40% salary increase and a $5,