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Vt. food co-op workers to vote on union

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - Employees at the Brattleboro Food Co-op are voting on whether to form a union.

The election Wednesday is being supervised by the National Labor Relations Board.

Vermont Public Radio reports 140 of the 160 workers are eligible to say yes or no to joining Local 1459 of the United Food and Commercial Workers.

The Co-op recently opened a new $9 million building on Brattleboro's Main Street, with mixed income apartments on the upper floors.

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