Three Boeing defense plants face a strike as 3,200 machinists walked off their jobs. Members of the International Association of Machinists voted to strike.

Workers at three manufacturing plants walked off the job after turning down a proposed labor deal that included pay increases and bonuses.

The strike started at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, after about 3,200 local members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted yesterday to reject a modified four-year labor agreement, the union said. Read more here.