UAW Claims Majority Vote With BlueOval Election in Limbo (1)

The United Auto Workers said a majority of BlueOval SK workers in Kentucky voted to unionize for the first time, but the election still hangs in the balance with dozens of ballots contested.

The result at Ford Motor Co.'s joint venture with South Korea’s SK On, announced by the union Wednesday, comes while the two scale back battery production plans as EV markets begin to slump.

While the union won the initial tally 526-515, 41 ballots were challenged in the election. That means they will go to the National Labor Relations Board’s regional office to determine whether they should be ...