Christy Williams stood outside the Boeing facility in St. Louis for hours on Tuesday next to her handwritten sign declaring: “We aren’t building toasters!” For the last three years, Williams and her son have engineered F-15 fighter jets at Boeing in the St.

By early this morning, a few dozen had gathered outside the company's offices north of the airport, marching with picket signs.

About 3,200 union members at Boeing facilities in Missouri and Illinois went on strike at midnight on Monday after rejecting an offer from the company, the union said.