Members of Missouri Jobs With Justice and St. Louis-area unions joined striking machinists on the picket line at Boeing on Wednesday night.

“I’m simply here to support, to say I’ve been there, I’ve done it, and I know that feeling when you don’t have that paycheck coming in,” said United Auto Workers member Carol Johnson.

Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837, which represents about 3,200 Boeing workers in Berkeley, St. Charles and Mascoutah have been on strike since Aug. 4. They have lost their health insurance and are not receiving paychecks. They are getting some money from strike funds.

Last week, union members voted 57% to 43% to reject a third contract proposal from Boeing. Members who voted it down said the contract's progre

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