The United Auto Workers filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board Monday against local automobile parts manufacturer Renosol, effectively delaying a vote by employees whether to form a union or not.

The allegations cite the National Labor Relations Act and include: coercive actions (surveillance, etc.), coercive statements (threats, promises of benefits, etc.), interrogation (including polling) and discipline. The complaint did not list specifics of the allegations, and repeated attempts to reach UAW representatives for comment were unsuccessful.

Since there is no timeframe associated with completion of the NLRB’s investigation of the UAW’s claims, the union vote is delayed indefinitely, NLRB spokesperson JoVonne Lane said. The union vote was originally scheduled for June 19 and 20.

Mel Stephens, a spokesman for Renosol’s parent company Lear Coroporation, said the company was disappointed employees didn’t have a chance to voice their opinion on unionization.

“I believe that the vast majority of our employees at the plant are very disappointed that the UAW made the decision to block the election and not give them the opportunity to vote,” Stephens said. “Let’s let them vote and see what they think.”

Efforts by UAW to organize a union at Renosol began a month ago when a group of employees delivered a list of grievances to management of the plant. The list of grievances primarily cited health and safety issues, poor working conditions and low pay.

Lear Corporation spokesperson Barbara Boroughf said the company conducted an internal investigation into the health and safety concerns and found “no significant abnormalities” in their testing. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is also investigating the plant, but their findings have not been released.

Rochelle Bender, an employee who wasn’t in the group that delivered the list of grievances to management, said the complaints aren’t representative of the majority opinion in the plant.

“Yes we work a lot of overtime, but that’s because Hyundai is rolling out a new line,” Bender said. “Yes there are chemicals where we work, but we knew that when we signed on. There are lots of different things that can cause [monitoring] alarms to sound.”

Bender used increased humidity as an example of a factor that could cause alarms to sound.

From the employee’s she talked to, Bender said most are against unionizing.

“If [the UAW] was strong and were winning, they would have plowed through and won the election,” she said. “Some people that originally singed the petition backed out. There was about 50 percent that supported the union but now it’s maybe about 10 people total.”

Bender said employees against unionizing had planned to wear anti UAW T-shirts on Thursday and Friday, when the vote was scheduled.