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Nearly 1,500 workers at a massive electric vehicle battery plant in Hardin County have an important election coming up. Hourly workers at the BlueOval SK Battery Park will vote on whether they should join the United Auto Workers Union. The decision comes amid bitter tensions between workers and the company over safety and health issues.
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