Boeing workers at three Midwest plants voted Sunday to reject the company's latest contract offer, extending a strike that began almost three months ago.

About 3,200 machinists from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at plants in Mascoutah, Illinois, and St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri, remain on the picket line.

Union leaders said Boeing's proposal failed to address key concerns, including retirement benefits and wage increases for senior workers.

"Boeing claimed they listened to their employees – the result of today's vote proves they have not," IAM International President Brian Bryant said. "Boeing's corporate executives continue to insult the very people who build the world's most advanced military aircraft."

The strike has already delayed

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