Nissan Canton union election results are in
Nissan Canton union election results are in: Nissan employees have voted to reject the United Auto Workers effort to unionize the Canton plant.
The NLRB conducted election tally was 2,244 to 1,307, opposing the UAW.
Voting among roughly 3,700 production workers at Nissan Motor Co.’s Canton assembly complex concluded at 7 p.m. Friday. The National Labor Relations Board conducted the secret-ballot election after workers filed for UAW representation in July.
The United Auto Workers filed seven new claims that Nissan broke federal labor laws during the union election.
The union filed the charges Friday just as polls closed after a two-day election to determine whether the UAW will represent roughly 3,700 workers at Nissan Motor Co.’s Canton plant.
The National Labor Relations Board will consider the charges and could add them to a series of allegations in a complaint the federal labor regulator has issued against Nissan.
If the labor board rules in favor of the charges, the board could order the election to be repeated. Such a decision could be months or years away.
Among the charges, the UAW alleges that Nissan provided a faulty list of worker contact information. Nissan spokeswoman Parul Bajaj said the company provided all required information.
Nissan continued to respond to the allegations by saying, filing unfair labor practice charges is a common tactic used by unions in an organizing campaign. The UAW is again launching baseless and unsubstantiated allegations against Nissan Canton in a desperate, last-minute attempt to undermine the integrity of the secret ballot voting process. Nissan respects and values the Canton workforce, and our history reflects that we recognize the employees’ rights to decide for themselves whether or not to have third-party representation.
The union has struggled to expand beyond its stronghold at Detroit automakers to foreign-owned plants in the southern United States. The union did win an election to represent a small number of maintenance workers at a Volkswagen AG plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Pro-union workers said the UAW would protect them against arbitrary treatment, and bargain for better benefits and pay. Managers say the UAW would make the plant less economically competitive.
Source: http://www.wapt.com/article/nissan-canton-union-election-results-are-in/11437901
