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Nissan attacked for one of 'nastiest anti-union campaigns' in modern US history
Source: The Guardian
Nissan attacked for one of 'nastiest anti-union campaigns' in modern US history
United Auto Workers official condemns company’s efforts to prevent employees from organizing as potentially historic vote approaches in Mississippi
Mike Elk
Tuesday 1 August 2017 12.00 BST
Days before a potentially historic union vote at the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, the car company has been accused of running one of the “nastiest anti-union campaigns in the modern history of the American labour movement”.
The vote, planned for Thursday and Friday this week, comes as US unions are hopeful they can overturn a series of defeats as they seek to build membership in southern states, where manufacturers have moved to take advantage of lower wages and non-union workforces.
In the closing days of the campaign, which has attracted support from the former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, United Auto Workers (UAW) have become increasingly confident of victory even as managers have pressured workers to vote no. “People are rallying,” says Frank Figgers, co-chair of the Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan.
The UAW is undertaking an extensive door-to-door campaign to visit workers in their homes to discuss the union. The UAW has shipped in staff from all over the country to help in the effort.
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United Auto Workers official condemns company’s efforts to prevent employees from organizing as potentially historic vote approaches in Mississippi
Mike Elk
Tuesday 1 August 2017 12.00 BST
Days before a potentially historic union vote at the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, the car company has been accused of running one of the “nastiest anti-union campaigns in the modern history of the American labour movement”.
The vote, planned for Thursday and Friday this week, comes as US unions are hopeful they can overturn a series of defeats as they seek to build membership in southern states, where manufacturers have moved to take advantage of lower wages and non-union workforces.
In the closing days of the campaign, which has attracted support from the former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, United Auto Workers (UAW) have become increasingly confident of victory even as managers have pressured workers to vote no. “People are rallying,” says Frank Figgers, co-chair of the Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan.
The UAW is undertaking an extensive door-to-door campaign to visit workers in their homes to discuss the union. The UAW has shipped in staff from all over the country to help in the effort.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/01/nissan-mississippi-union-vote
