Union Election at Nissan Scheduled: Nissan Motor...

Union Election at Nissan Scheduled: Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. U.S.A. and the United Auto Workers have agreed to a union election at the Nashville, Tenn., plant on July 26-27. It will be the first vote on union representation since production began at the plant in 1983. The factory, Nissan’s only one in this country, manufactures light pickup trucks and Sentra cars. Union organizers said about 2,400 of Nissan’s 3,200 workers are eligible to join the union. Under the agreement, the collective voting unit will include all hourly production and maintenance employees.