Mississippi

UAW study chides Nissan for tax breaks at Miss. plant

3:37 pm U.S. ET | May 17, 2013
A research study commissioned by UAW labor organizers claims that Nissan could receive four times the previously reported level of state and local incentives and tax breaks to operate its assembly plant in Canton, Miss.... Read More »

 

Nissan, dealers report hail-damaged vehicles in Miss.

2:52 pm U.S. ET | March 21, 2013
A downpour of tennis ball-sized hail in central Mississippi damaged more than 1,000 new vehicles at local dealerships as well as new Nissan vehicles in transit from its nearby assembly plant.... Read More »

 

Nissan pursued by UAW amid Geneva's glitz

4:18 pm U.S. ET | March 5, 2013
The UAW hoped to steal some of Nissan's limelight at the Geneva auto show today by holding a press conference there to accuse Nissan of mistreating its nonunion U.S. factory workers.... Read More »

 

UAW's King juggles diversification, southern strategy

2:18 pm U.S. ET | March 5, 2013
UAW President Bob King says he has finally begun to stem the decades-long membership decline in one of America's most powerful labor unions, but his goal of organizing at least one foreign-owned automaker in the South continues to elude him.... Read More »

 

UAW accuses Nissan of threatening to close Miss. plant

5:07 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 12, 2013
The UAW, trying a third time to organize Nissan's workers in the United States, accused Japan's second-largest automaker of threatening to shut its Mississippi assembly plant before it allows the union in.... Read More »

 

Nissan shifting Murano output to Miss. from Japan

4:15 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 10, 2013
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, following through on a vow to lessen the company's reliance on expensive Japanese manufacturing and compete better in North America, has ordered output of the Murano crossover shifted to Canton, Miss.... Read More »

 

Nissan recalls new Altima in U.S. on loose steering bolts

10:32 am U.S. ET | Oct. 22, 2012
Nissan is recalling 13,919 of its top-selling Altima sedans in the United States because bolts that may not have been tightened properly during production could fall off, increasing the risk of a crash, according to U.S. safety regulators.... Read More »

 

Nissan's Miss. plant targeted by UAW, with civil rights in focus

12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 4, 2012
As the UAW embarks on an uphill battle to organize Nissan's plant in Mississippi, it is drawing inspiration from the famous struggle waged in the state during the civil rights movement. The union sees a winning strategy in depicting the right to unionize freely as a basic civil right. The tactic could resonate at the plant in Canton where an estimated 70 percent of the workforce is black.... Read More »

 

Record auto production at Toyota, Honda boosts U.S. economy

9:34 am U.S. ET | July 17, 2012
Honda and Toyota's North American plants, stalled by parts shortages a year ago, are leading an industrywide assembly surge buoying cities from the Midwest to the deep South amid a languid U.S. economy. Rebounding auto production and sales are bright spots this year amid tepid job growth and wavering consumer sentiment.... Read More »

 

Nissan to add Sentra output in Mississippi

1:51 pm U.S. ET | June 28, 2012
Nissan, constrained by production capacity in Mexico and setting ambitious sales targets for the next-generation Sentra, said today it will build the 2013 Sentra at a second North American site, in Canton, Miss.... Read More »

 

Severstal: No plans to expand in U.S. as 2 steel lines go live

1:01 pm U.S. ET | June 21, 2012
Russian steel company Severstal has no plans to expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint at this time, CEO Alexey Mordashov said on Thursday.... Read More »