By Dan Catchpole

(Reuters) -Boeing Defense and the machinists’ union remained at loggerheads after meeting on Tuesday in an effort to resume contract negotiations as a strike by about 3,200 St. Louis-area workers that assemble military aircraft enters its sixth week.

Talks that included a federal mediator ended after a few hours, with both the company and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) saying the other side was unwilling to move forward.

“It became clear to the bargaining committee that the company wasn’t serious about finding a way to end the strike,” IAM officials said in a message to members of District 837.

Boeing Defense Vice President Dan Gillian said in a statement that “the union continues to ask for more of everything, which we’ve repea

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