A vote is scheduled for 6 p.m.
The contract between the company and the IUE-CWA (International Union of Electrical Workers/Communications Workers of America) in Dayton expired Jan. 6, Jeff Trent, a marketing manager for Mahle Behr, told this news outlet.
“We are unable to provide further details at this time as negotiations between Mahle and IUE-CWA Local 84758 are ongoing,” Trent said.
The plant at 1600 Webster St. has been a hub of manufacturing in Dayton for decades.
German firm Mahle GmbH took a majority ownership stake in the Behr Group, which owned the local plant, in 2013. The plant, once owned by Chrysler, has operated since the 1930s.
Globally, Mahle has some 148 production locations and 72,373 employees total.
The 1.1-million-square-foot Dayton plant has traditionally made thermal and heating, ventilation and air conditioning products for automobiles.
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