House Armed Services committee members are begging Boeing leaders to negotiate with 3,200 union workers and end a nearly-three-month strike at the company’s fighter jet and munitions factories in St. Louis.

In a letter published Wednesday , the bipartisan group of 17 HASC members urged Boeing to resume talks with its International Association of Machinists and Aerospace-represented workers. They expressed alarm at reports that the company has been accelerating efforts to hire non-union workers instead.

“For more than 80 days, including with the assistance of federal mediation, both sides have yet to come to terms on a new contract,” the letter said. “However, we are concerned by recent reports that Boeing Defense has inquired on hiring permanent replacements for striking workers in m

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