Boeing (BA) stock caught the attention of retail traders late Sunday as the planemaker braces for a workers’ strike at its fighter jet-making facilities for the first time since 1996. Over 3,200 Boeing workers in St.

More than 3,200 union members who assemble Boeing's fighter jets in the St. Louis area and Illinois went on strike on Monday after rejecting a second contract offer the previous day.

Boeing ( NYSE: BA) is facing the prospect of its first strike in nearly 30 years at its defense manufacturing facilities near St. Louis, after union members rejected a revised labor agreement.