Workers at a Macon-based school bus manufacturer look to unionize

Two buses lined up next to each other in a warehouse.
Blue Bird has invested in electric and low-emission school buses, delivering buses across the country. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

About 1,400 workers at the Macon-based school bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation will vote on whether to unionize later this week.

Concerns over labor conditions and living standards for workers are some of the pressing issues organizers hope will be resolved by unionizing.

The vote will be on Thursday and Friday. If successful, workers will become members of the United Steelworkers Union.