Boeing faces 2nd worker strike in under a year at defense factories

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Around 3,200 machinists at three separate Boeing factories have gone on strike.

This strike is Boeing's second in less than a year.

The machinists at these factories work on military aircraft such as F-15s.

Around 3,200 workers at three different Boeing factories went on strike on Monday, marking the company’s second strike in less than a year.

The strike started on Monday at 12:59 a.m. EDT, after members of the International Association of Machinists voted to authorize the strike at three different defense plants, according to CNN.

This strike comes after machinists rejected a contract that was offered by Boeing last week. The workers are largely based in the St. Louis area and are part of the IAM District 837 union.

This is the union’s first strike since 1996, per CNB