Workers at Piedmont plant planning union vote

Workers at the commercial truck seat manufacturer CVG Alabama, formerly Bostrom Seating in Piedmont, said they plan to vote later this month on joining the United Auto Workers.

Several employees said the decision to take that vote comes after what they describe as a loss of benefits, poor pay and dangerously hot working conditions at the facility.

A CVG spokeswoman says that the company has spent thousands to fix the heat problem and made efforts for workers at the former company to keep some existing benefits and receive new ones.

CVG management have handed out anti-union flyers to workers, but the mood between employees and bosses remains amicable.

The Piedmont plant employs approximately 140 permanent, full-time workers, and several dozen more temporary workers are employed through a staffing service.