Increased Unionization of Kentucky’s Auto Industry Would Help Return It to the High Road of Good Jobs   - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

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Increased Unionization of Kentucky’s Auto Industry Would Help Return It to the High Road of Good Jobs   - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy

Workers at the Ford/BlueOval SK (BOSK) battery plant in Glendale, Kentucky have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize and join the United Auto Workers (UAW). 1 This campaign to improve wages and working conditions comes on the heels of the UAW’s hugely successful 2023 contract with the Big Three U.S. automakers, which directly benefitted Kentucky workers at unionized Ford and GM facilities in Louisville and Bowling…