Boeing

After rejecting the company’s second proposed contract, union members began striking Monday. They said they will not stop until they receive a fair deal.

Union members from facilities in St. Louis, St. Charles and Mascoutah voted to reject a four-year labor agreement with Boeing after an earlier version of the proposal failed on July 27.

The company's updated terms include withdrawing the Alternative Workweek Schedule proposal, which union members said was a point of concern in the original contract.

Members of the IAM union rejected Boeing’s contract proposal on Sunday, hours before the current deal expired. The union will wait at least a week before potentially calling a strike.

This comes seven months after strikes in the Pacific Northwest led to factory shutdowns and an eventual agreement to increase wages by 38%.

The company will manufacture the jets at its new $1.8 billion facility next to St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

It’s part of a 10% workforce reduction in the wake of a strike that halted production for seven weeks and an almost $6 billion third quarter loss.

The aerospace giant declined to say how many workers received layoff notices, but local union officials told the St. Louis Business Journal that 111 union workers will be affected.

The announcement comes alongside approval from the U.S. secretary of state for the sale of Israel to buy $18.82 billion in military equipment.

Unionized workers in Boeing's commercial operations walked off the job almost two months ago, prompting company-wide furloughs and layoffs of 10% of its workforce. Boeing employees in St. Louis have felt some of those cuts. The aerospace giant employs around 17,000 people in the region at facilities that support its defense division.