More than 3,000 Boeing machinists entered their third day of a strike on Wednesday. The workers, who make fighter jets and weapons systems at facilities in Illinois and Missouri, are organizing for better pay, benefits and scheduling. The walk-out comes in what is supposed to be a turnaround year for Boeing .

Boeing union workers who assemble fighter jets strike in two states following rejection of contract offering 20% general wage increase and $5,000 bonus.

Boeing is being hit with its second strike in less than a year after 3,200 hourly workers walked off their jobs building military aircraft.