From WBHM: Nissan workers in Mississippi consider another union campaign: VW ‘proved it can be done’
EDITOR'S NOTE: We found this article republished in Payday Report
By STEPHEN BISAHA
Pro-union workers at a Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, are once again considering launching a union campaign.
This comes after a Spring of success and failure for the United Auto Workers, which aimed to unionize the South after targeted strikes last Fall led to record contracts for its members with the Big Three American automakers. The unionization of a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in April further encouraged the Nissan workers.
They remain cautious about their prospects, though, especially after Mercedes-Benz plant workers in Vance, Alabama, voted against unionizing in May — a reminder of how difficult it can be to win in the South. In the aftermath of that loss, a campaign to organize a Montgomery, Alabama, Hyundai plant has lost momentum.
The mixed results from other Southern campaigns aren’t the only factor in the Nissan workers’ decision. There’s also the industry’s rocky pivot to electric vehicles, the question of who will sit in the Oval Office next year and the sting from their failed union election seven years ago this August.