BlueOval SK Workers Fight for Union: A Historic Battle for Worker Rights

BOOM! The UAW has just dropped a powerful new video featuring BlueOval SK workers calling for a union to win a real voice on the job, especially when it comes to their health and safety. This isn’t just any fight; it’s a historic battle that echoes the struggles of Ford workers nearly a century ago. The stakes are high, and the workers are ready to make their voices heard.

DO THIS! Watch the video, “BlueOval SK Union Drive Echoes Workers’ Historic Safety Fight at Ford,” and get ready to be inspired. After months of an aggressive union-busting campaign by the company, production and maintenance workers at BlueOval SK, Ford’s joint venture battery plant in Glendale, Kentucky, will finally have their chance to vote in a union election on August 26 and 27. The vote will be conducted by the NLRB, with ballots counted starting at 8 p.m. on August 27.

THIS IS A NO-BRAINER! The video connects the fight for basic protections today to the UAW’s historic fight at Ford to make auto plants safer in the 20th century. “It’s our time to sit across the table from management as equals,” narrates several BOSK workers in the new video. “We want a legally binding contract that guarantees our wages, health care, PTO policies, and health and safety.”

YOU NEED TO OWN THIS! Workers in Michigan began a wave that changed America. Battery workers in Ohio, Tennessee, and Indiana have already taken this step and won. Now, it’s our turn. A supermajority of BOSK workers filed for this election back in January because they were done with broken promises and unsafe working conditions. They were done being left out of decisions that impact their health and their futures.

DON’T MISS OUT! Kentucky taxpayers have poured millions of public dollars into this plant, and workers have expressed they should have a fair shot at choosing their union. Every elected official in Kentucky who claims to stand on the side of the working-class should look at BOSK right now to see what courage looks like.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS! Despite illegally firing and retaliating against union supporters and holding unlawful closed-door meetings to intimidate workers, the company has not stopped BOSK workers from moving forward. Workers remain determined to vote for a union and have a voice on the job.

THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT! Full transcript of the newly released UAW video featuring BlueOval SK workers ahead of their union election this month:

[Narrated by several different workers from BlueOvalSK in Glendale]

In 1941, Ford auto workers changed history. Facing workplace injuries, exhaustion, and deaths on the job, Ford workers took a stand that would echo generations. They came together and organized and—as United Auto Workers—won the right to negotiate for all of their working conditions. This history is not just a source of pride; it’s a lesson in solidarity to show what’s possible when working class people stand together.

Today, Kentucky is the center of the battery belt. We’re building the future of the auto industry, and this transformative moment requires the same worker power that guarantees our safety and job security. Whether in Dearborn, Michigan or Glendale, Kentucky, the technology may differ, but the risks remain the same. Wherever corporate greed puts our lives at risk, the fight for a safe workplace binds us together. It’s our time to sit across the table for management as equals. We want a legally binding contract that guarantees our wages, health care, PTO policies, and health and safety. Workers in Michigan began a wave that changed America. Battery workers in Ohio, Tennessee, and Indiana have already taken this step and won. Now it’s our turn. I’m ready to have a voice at BOSK. I’m ready to have a voice at BOSK—as United Auto Workers.

BOO-YAH! This stock’s a winner! The fight for worker rights at BlueOval SK is a historic battle that echoes the struggles of Ford workers nearly a century ago. The workers are ready to make their voices heard, and they are determined to win a real voice on the job. This is a no-brainer! Support the workers and stand with them in their fight for fair wages, safe workplaces, and a voice on the job.