Nissan denies violating labour laws at Mississippi plant
by The Associated Press
The National Labor Relations Board added three new charges to a 2015 complaint against the Japanese automaker and a contract worker agency
JACKSON, Miss.—Nissan Motor Co. disputes federal claims of labour law violations at its Mississippi assembly plant.
The National Labor Relations Board added three new charges to a complaint against the Japanese automaker and a contract worker agency.
Filed March 31, the board claims a supervisor illegally threatened the plant would close if the United Auto Workers union begins representing workers. The board also claims security guards improperly harassed union supporters, and that a Nissan policy banning photos and recordings is illegal.
Spokeswoman Parul Bajaj says the trainer for contract worker agency Kelly Services wasn’t a Nissan employee and didn’t speak for the company. She says guards were only checking employee badges to make sure workers were legally on the property. Finally, Bajaj says photo and recording ban aims to protect trade secrets, not hamper worker rights.
The National Labor Relations Board is levelling new charges that Nissan Motor Co. and a contract worker agency at Nissan’s Mississippi plant are violating workers’ rights.
Nissan has until April 14 to respond.
The board filed two earlier charges in 2015. No hearing is scheduled.
The United Auto Workers made complaints leading to the charges. The UAW wants to unionize the Canton plant, but no vote is scheduled.
