Boeing’s fighter-jet workforce just went on strike in St. Louis. The strike affects more than 3,000 machinists across St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri, as well as Mascoutah, Illinois, after they rejected a new four-year contract proposal on Sunday. The New York Times calls the stoppage “the first in nearly three decades for the local chapter of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, IAM District 837.”

At stake: “Boeing’s smaller military business supplies advanced jet fighters such as the F-15 and F/A-18, as well as key parts of the munitions supply chain. The company last week reported a second quarter of stable performance in its defense segment during a phase of surging demand for missiles and other weaponry from the Pentagon and other allied cou

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