A Chinese glassmaker beat back a unionization bid at a plant in Ohio on Thursday, winning a key victory in an important test of the way Chinese companies handle employee relations as they increase their holdings in the United States.

Workers at the plant in Moraine, owned by Fuyao Glass, voted 868 to 444 against unionizing.

“We are pleased that FGA associates chose to maintain a direct relationship with our company,” said Jeff Daochuan Liu, president of Fuyao Glass America, in a statement. “While we respect our employees’ right to support or reject a union, we also admire their courage to reject this union’s desperate attempt to prop up its revenue.”

In conceding the result, the United Automobile Workers union, which had been organizing the workers since 2015, said it was considering filing objections with the federal labor board over the company’s behavior.

“It is disheartening to know that in 2017 there are companies willing to do so much to deny workers a voice and fair treatment,” said Rich Rankin, the union’s director in the region.