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
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