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.

Members of the St. Louis-area machinists union have struck Boeing locations in St. Louis, St. Charles and Mascoutah.

About 3,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 voted to reject a revised four-year contract proposal from Boeing on Sunday. This came after they rejected the first contract on July 27.

Lathaniel Johnson, an assembly mechanic at Boeing in Berkeley, said he is prepared to strike for as "long as it takes" to get a fair contract.

"We're in for the long haul," Johnson said. "That's what unions are. Unity."

Boeing's modified contract kept the ge

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