Thousands of Boeing workers who make the F-15 and F/A-18 fighter jets are about to go on strike

About 3,200 workers at three Boeing facilities in Missouri and Illinois plan to strike on Monday over a contract dispute. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said in a statement on Sunday that the strike would involve its members at Boeing's plants in St. Louis and St. Charles in Missouri and Mascoutah in Illinois. These facilities build and maintain the US military's F-15 Eagle, the F/A-18 Hornet, and some missile technologies. Boeing's St. Louis facility, as the company ...