UAW's loss at Nissan auto plant masks genuine progress for organized labor
The 5,000-strong pro-union march in March suggested labor support in Canton is growing. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis Harley Shaiken, University of California, Berkeley A spirited, decade-long effort by workers to organize a union at the sprawling Nissan assembly plant in Canton, Mississippi, seemed to drive into a ditch on August 5, when officials finally tallied the election ballots. The margin looked definitive: 1,307 workers voted to have the United Auto Workers represent them, while 2,244 voted against. It was a dismal and disappointing result for organized labor that would seem http://autoiq.co/2018/03/17/uaws-loss-at-nissan-auto-plant-masks-genuine-progress-for-organized-labor/