By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A group of technicians at Nissan Motor Co’s Smyrna, Tennessee factory voted overwhelmingly against joining a union on Thursday, marking yet another defeat for organized labor in the U.S. South. The tool and die workers in a 62-9 vote rejected a campaign by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace […]
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Nissan workers at Tennessee plant reject union campaign
By Daniel Wiessner
(Reuters) – A group of technicians at Nissan Motor Co’s Smyrna, Tennessee factory voted overwhelmingly against joining a union on Thursday, marking yet another defeat for organized labor in the U.S. South.
The tool and die workers in a 62-9 vote rejected a campaign by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), according to results announced by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board.
(Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York; Editing by Chris Reese)