BlueOval SK Workers Voting to Decide Whether to Unionize
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The United Auto Workers started its push to unionize the Hardin County plant last year.
Voting began Tuesday at Kentucky's BlueOval SK electric vehicle battery plant, where workers are deciding whether to unionize. The United Auto Workers says some workers have raised safety concerns. The vote was expected to take two days.
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BlueOval SK Workers Voting to Decide Whether to Unionize
Clip: Season 4 Episode 42 | 1m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Voting began Tuesday at Kentucky's BlueOval SK electric vehicle battery plant, where workers are deciding whether to unionize. The United Auto Workers says some workers have raised safety concerns. The vote was expected to take two days.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipVoting is underway in Kentucky's Blue Oval electric Vehicle battery plant, where workers are deciding whether to unionize.
The United Auto Workers started its push to unionize the Hardin County plant last year.
The UAW says some workers have raised safety concerns.
A spokeswoman for Blue Oval denied those claims, telling the Louisville Courier Journal that such reports have been investigated and addressed.
Production at the Battery Park in Glendale began last week, four years after the Ford Motor Company and South Korea's second agreed to invest nearly $6 billion into the project, making it the largest economic investment in the state's history.
Currently, there are less than 1500 employees at the battery complex.
That number is expected to grow to 5000 when a second battery plant becomes operational.
The Kentucky Lantern reports.
The National Labor Relations Board is overseeing today's vote, and a final vote count is expected by tomorrow night.
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