UAW Local 475 workers at Eaton walked off the job Monday after failing to reach an agreement with the company. The union said it's fighting to give employees a better work-life balance.

More than 500 United Auto Workers union members at Eaton Aerospace in Jackson went on strike on Monday more than a week after their contract expired on Sept. 5.

The strike was called after the extension expired on September 5 and after workers voted down two tentative agreements brought by the United Auto Workers.

After months of negotiations, approximately 525 UAW members have walked out on strike at Eaton Aerospace, an aerospace factory in Jackson, Michigan, that produces hydraulics equipment for civil, commercial and military aircraft. The strike came after the workers’ extended contract expired on September 5.

The current contract between the union at Eaton Aerospace, which manufacturers hydraulic components for the aerospace industry, expired on July 19 and the union’s bargaining committee has been working with Eaton on an extension,