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Study says Nissan subsidies total $1.33B; MDA says overestimated

Associated Press — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:55:14 +0000

CANTON — A study paid for by the United Auto Workers finds state and local governments may provide Nissan Motor Co.’s Mississippi plant with nearly $850 million in tax breaks over 30 years, plus $400 million in cash aid. The report estimates Mississippi will pay $90 million in interest on money borrowed to aid Nissan, [...]

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Union supporters say officials threaten to close Nissan plant

Associated Press — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:58:28 +0000

CANTON — Pro-union workers say Nissan Motor Co. has threatened to close its Canton assembly plant if workers vote for the United Auto Workers to represent them, though the company denies such threats. Such threats would violate federal law, which bars managers from telling employees they’ll close a plant in retaliation for a pro-union vote. [...]

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Actor joins union protesters at Detroit show

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:29:14 +0000

CANTON — Actor Danny Glover has joined supporters of unionization for workers at a Nissan Motor Co. assembly plant in Mississippi demonstrating outside the North American International Auto Show. The Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan protested yesterday next to Detroit’s Cobo Center. The group says workers who show interest in organizing the Japanese carmaker’s [...]

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Labor unions flip, throw support to Kemper power plant

Associated Press — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:47:23 +0000

KEMPER COUNTY — In exchange for the promise of 1,000 jobs, a group of labor unions is throwing its support behind Mississippi Power Co.’s Kemper County coal plant. The unions had most recently opposed the plant because contractors for Atlanta-based Southern Co. were excluding union members from the $2.8 billion project, which currently employs 2,600 [...]

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Utility, security guards hammer out deal ending lockout

Associated Press — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:37:01 +0000

PORT GIBSON — Union security guards have voted to ratify a three-year contract with Entergy Corp., ending a nearly seven-week lockout. Entergy locked the guards out from its Grand Gulf nuclear plant on Sept. 30 after the previous contract expired. The guards are represented by the United Government Security Officers of America Local 36. The [...]

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Labor agreement reached affecting 22,000+ workers

MBJ Staff — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:33:45 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — AT&T reports it has reached a new tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of America District 3 in wireline contract negotiations for AT&T Southeast (BellSouth Telecommunications). The three-year agreement covers more than 22,000 wireline employees in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, and will be submitted [...]

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Grocer reaches labor agreement affecting 9,000+ workers

MBJ Staff — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:47:27 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Kroger Co. associates working at 80 of the company’s Delta Division stores have ratified new labor agreements with UFCW Local 1529. “We are pleased to reach an agreement that is good for our associates and allows us to be competitive in the region,” said Tim Brown, president of Kroger’s Delta Division. [...]

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Entergy Nuclear locks out security workers at nuke plant

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:17:45 +0000

CLAIBORNE COUNTY — Entergy Nuclear has locked out union security workers at its nuclear plant near Port Gibson after contract negotiations with the United Government Security Officers of America Local 36 failed. The current contract with plant security officers expired at midnight Sunday. Mike Balduzzi, Entergy Nuclear’s senior vice president of nuclear technical services, said [...]

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AT&T, union agree to five-day extension of negotiations

MBJ Staff — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:50:44 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — AT&T reports a settlement was not reached with the Communications Workers of America by the 11:59 p.m. EDT Aug. 4 expiration of the core wireline contract in the Southeast region, but the company and union have agreed to a five-day extension of contract negotiations. The contract was extended until 11:59 p.m. EDT [...]

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Nissan is set to manufacture Sentra in Mississippi plant

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:53:23 +0000

CANTON — Nissan will start making the Sentra sedan in December at its plant in Canton, company officials said Thursday. The Japanese automaker will hire another 1,000 workers at the plant north of Jackson, bringing its worker total to nearly 5,000. The Sentra will be the seventh model produced at the plant, along with the [...]

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