U.S. planemaker Boeing sent a new contract offer on Thursday to the union representing roughly 3,200 factory workers at Boeing's defense division, mostly in the St. Louis area. It contains some minor compensation changes that would benefit senior union members,

Boeing Co. has resumed contract talks with leaders of the union representing some 3,200 factory workers in the St. Louis area, after members resoundingly rejected its initial offer and voted to strike.

A Frontier aircraft lands at St. Louis Lambert International Airport as demolition continues on an old aircraft manufacturing site on the north side of the property, used to produce World War II military planes by Curtiss-Wright and other aircraft for McDonnell-Douglas,