Several thousand workers at three Midwest manufacturing plants where Boeing develops military aircraft and weapons went on strike early Monday, potentially complicating the

STORY: More than 3,200 union members who assemble Boeing's fighter jets went on strike on Monday.The workers from the St. Louis area and Illinois rejected a second contract offer the previous day.Boeing Defense said it was ready for the work stoppage and it will implement a contingency plan that uses non-labor workers.

Thousands of Boeing defence workers have gone on strike for the first time in nearly 30 years in a fresh blow to the struggling aircraft company. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace workers (IAM) working at Boeing defence manufacturing facilities in in Illinois and Missouri voted against the firm’s latest offer over