In front of IBEW Local Union 369 in 90 degree weather on July 26, workers fanned themselves, shaded their heads with shirts and draped cold towels around their necks, all of which claimed: “It’s Better in a Union,” as two BlueOval SK employees spoke about what they’ve been experiencing at the Hardin County-based battery park.
Amber Levay, a production operator, and Amanda East, an incoming quality control worker, both said they are fighting for their voice to be heard and for BlueOval SK’s anti-union busting tactics to stop.
It was all part of the AFL-CIO’s “It’s Better in a Union” bus tour and the first Kentucky Women’s Union Summit. “Union City, USA” was the tour’s only stop in Kentucky and its seventh stop in the South…