autoworkers
Mississippi Nissan workers go global in fight for justice
May 31, 2013UAW President Bob King, and actor Danny Glover are in Johannesburg where that country's Metalworkers union has come out fighting for the right of 5,000 Mississippi Nissan workers to organize a union.
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Today in labor history: Ford goes to revolutionary Russia
May 30, 2013On May 30, 1929, the Ford Motor Company signed a technical assistance contract to produce cars in the newly industrializing Soviet Union.
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Mississippi Nissan workers “honor democracy” with fight for union
January 31, 2013Organizing Canton could be a stepping-stone to organizing the South's growing auto industry. "This particular campaign is beneficial both for the nation and for the world."
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“Look beneath the shine,” say Nissan workers
January 14, 2013The Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan held a press conference to emphasize how the auto giant is unfairly treating its 3,300 workers at its Canton, Mississippi plant.
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Autoworkers say: Let Romney go bankrupt
February 27, 2012Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney came to town Friday, but autoworkers were in no mood to give him a free pass.
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