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UAW's loss at Nissan auto plant masks genuine progress for organized labor

  • Written by Harley Shaiken, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies and Professor of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley
imageThe 5,000-strong pro-union march in March suggested labor support in Canton is growing.AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

A spirited, decade-long effort by workers to organize a union at the sprawling Nissan assembly plant in Canton, Mississippi, seemed to drive into a ditch on August 5, when officials finally tallied the election ballots.

The margin looked...

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