Around 5,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 774 (District 70) at Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kansas, overwhelmingly rejected the company’s final contract offer on September 21,

Machinist union members at Textron Aviation overwhelmingly rejected the company’s offer of a new four-year contract Sept. 21 and voted to strike. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers represent about 5,000 hourly workers at Textron Aviation in Wichita.

Members of the Machinists union will go on strike Monday after turning down the company's contract offer on Saturday.

Union members at Textron Aviation held the rally at Naftzger Park in downtown Wichita near the hotel where company and union officials are conducting the negotiations. After the rally, the group marched down the sidewalk to the hotel blowing whistles and fog horns.