Following an ugly campaign, Nissan workers in Canton, Mississippi, lost a historic union election by a margin of 2,244 to 1,307 last week. Workers say that they aren’t giving up in their attempts to organize. The union immediately pledged to challenge the results at the National Labor

“Get up, Get Down, Canton is a union town” shouted dozens of UAW activists outside of Nissan plant’s gates on Thursday. The onslaught of TV ads and one-on-one anti-union meetings began taking their effect. Many activists knew that they were going to lose, but the carnival atmosphere of the

Payday Senior Labor Reporter Mike Elk filed a dispatch from Canton, Miss on the UAW’s disappointing defeat at Nissan: “When Nissan said, ‘We are going take away your leased vehicle,’ everything changed,” said worker Betty Jones. “And the more they were saying that, the more people were wearing their

CANTON, Miss. — Nearly every business around the Nissan plant displays a sign that reads, “Our Team, Our Future, Vote No  August 3-4.” The message at and around the Nissan plant is clear: A vote for a union hurts the economic future of Canton. As the more than 3,500 employees