Around 3,200 unionized workers in Boeing’s defense division walked off the job Monday after rejecting a restructured four-year labor agreement with the aerospace giant.

Announced over the weekend by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the strike follows the second contract rejection in the last seven days from IAM District 837 union members at Boeing’s facilities in St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri.

The initial contract rejection came on July 27, which triggered a seven-day “cooling off period” before a strike would begin. Boeing proposed a modified labor agreement that was also shot down by union members, ultimately resulting in the first strike at Boeing’s defense division since 1996.

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