06:17 AM EDT, 08/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it won a majority of votes at a Ford Motor ( F ) joint venture battery plant in Kentucky to unionize it, though 41 challenge ballots are still pending to be illegitimate.

The union urged the automaker to "acknowledge the democratic decision of its workforce," the UAW said. "They should immediately drop their anti-democratic effort to undermine the outcome of the election and recognize a majority of BlueOval SK's production and maintenance employees have chosen to join the UAW and ensure battery jobs in Kentucky are good, safe, union jobs."

Ford and BlueOval SK did not immediately reply to MT Newswires' requests for comment.