Other Nissan shops are unionized; only the US firm launched intense anti-union campaign.
from the United Auto Workers
Workers at Nissan’s US assembly plant in Canton, Mississippi, are campaigning for a fair union election process and an end to Nissan’s tactics of fear and intimidation.
Nissan, the world’s 6th largest auto manufacturer, and a well-respected corporate citizen, recognizes and collectively bargains with unions in Japan and all over the world. Yet when workers in the United States started to seek out union representation, Nissan’s American management adopted the time-worn tactics of professional union busters. This intense anti-union campaign includes making implied threats to close the plant and interrogating and harassing pro-union workers.
Workers, students, community leaders and human rights activists around the world are shining a light on Nissan USA’s shameful behavior and calling on the company to do better. In the plants, on campuses, and in our communities we are standing shoulder to shoulder with Mississippi workers who are fighting to defend their civil right to decide freely and without fear, whether they want to be represented by a union, or not. These are the same rights afforded to Nissan workers around the world.
Lend your voice to insist that Nissan Do Better and that Nissan’s Chief Operating Officer, Mr Toshiyuki Shiga, intervene to make things right in Mississippi.
Dear Mr Shiga,
I am writing to respectfully voice my concern regarding anti-union, anti-freedom of association activities including the intimidation and harassment of workers seeking to unionize at your Nissan facility in Canton, Mississippi, USA.
I feel this type of aggressive, anti-union, hostility is a dishonor to Nissan’s well- respected reputation as a global leader, a long-standing member of the UN Global Compact, and a role model for positive labor relations. Nissan Canton local management’s actions are in direct violation of the United Nations Global Compact principles and the ILO standards which Nissan corporate management has committed to abide by.
Nissan’s employees in Canton, Mississippi wish to exercise the same rights that Nissan workers in Japan and elsewhere enjoy. And like the many unionized Nissan workers around the globe, they proudly support their company, but they also want a voice on issues that affect them, their families, and their community.
I urge you to immediately intervene to bring local management in Canton, Mississippi in-line with the values and principles that has established Nissan as a successful and esteemed corporate citizen and allow workers in Mississippi the fundamental right to a fair union election, free of intimidation and fear.
Sincerely,
About United Auto Workers
The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, with members in virtually every sector of the economy.
UAW-represented workplaces range from multinational corporations, small manufacturers and state and local governments to colleges and universities, hospitals and private non-profit organizations.
The UAW has more than 390,000 active members and more than 600,000 retired members in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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