Union Victory for Mississippi Auto Parts Workers

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Workers Independent News

By JoAnne Pow!ers

Auto parts workers in impoverished Cleveland, Mississippi scored a victory Monday, voting overwhelmingly to form a union. Workers at the France-based Faurecia Automotive Seating plant faced low wages and poor working conditions, as well as a company practice of hiring even lower-paid temporary contract workers. They will now be represented by the United Auto Workers, who have been following a strategy of aggressively organizing auto workers across several Southern states.


Read more: http://laborradio.org/2015/06/union-victory-for-mississippi-auto-parts-workers/

[Kingofalldems]

1. Kicked, rec'ed and tweeted.

[groundloop]

2. Good News

It does seem ironic that a foreign company sets up in the US in order to pay low wages and have crap work conditions. These workers deserve better, and hopefully this can be an example to others.

[SunSeeker]

3. It CAN be done, folks! nt

[Gumboot]

4. I didn't even know Mississippi had an auto industry...

That's gonna make such a difference to their quality of life, their communities, their kids' futures, etc.

Like I always say, Unionized We Stand.

Go UAW!

[Recursion]

6. Not as many as Alabama, but Mississippi has several

Toyota is in Blue Springs, Nissan is in I think Canton. They even have a trade association.

Also Caterpillar has a big plant between Starkville and Columbus.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

5. YAY!!!! This seems slow,

But really, it--the future IS about changes at the local level, when you think about it.

Hmmm, that's a good motto to go by...

Think globally, act locally.

[daleanime]

7. K&R.....

[appalachiablue]

8. K & R. Good for Old Miss.