Boeing defense industry workers currently on strike asked for congressional lawmakers’ support on Wednesday as they seek to pressure the aviation giant to improve its bargaining offer to the union.

“We respectfully ask you to join us in supporting this vitally important, highly skilled workforce,” the machinist union said in letters to the Missouri congressional delegation, describing Boeing’s latest offer as “substandard.”

Some 3,200 members of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers District 837 have been on strike since August 4 after rejecting a contract proposal. The two sides have not held talks since the walkout, representatives of both sides said.

The strike affects Boeing facilities in St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri and Mascoutah, Illinois.

“We ask

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