Workers at a Corning solar manufacturing plant in Michigan voted September 1 to join the Steelworkers (USW).
The vote was a close 560-512, following an intense anti-union campaign by the company.
Nakisha West, a wirecutter, voted yes for “fairness and accountability.” She and her co-workers use scorching heat and precision-cutting tools to turn polysilicon crystals, or boules, into slim squares, known as wafers, for solar panels.
“It’s a very dirty job, but somebody’s gotta do it,” she said.
