Danny Glover and Bernie Sanders seek France's help after Nissan union vote

Saturday 12 August 2017 10.22 EDT

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The actor Danny Glover and Senator Bernie Sanders are preparing to lobby the French government for help in the heated attempt to unionize a Nissan car plant in Mississippi. The United Auto Workers suffered a historic defeat of the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, this month after a long campaign marred by allegations of bribery and intimidation.

Nissan and France’s Renault share a deep alliance, with each company owning shares in the other and sharing a chief executive officer, Carlos Ghosn. The French government owns a close to 20% stake in Renault.

French members of parliament are now beginning to raise questions and are calling on Renault Nissan to hold a new election.

“We solemnly call on the president of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, to show the value of France’s attachment to union rights and freedoms, here and everywhere else across the world, to demand Carlos Ghosn respect union rights and allow for elections to take place in a climate of neutrality,” wrote the French national assembly member Christian Hutin in a joint op-ed with the European parliament member Virginie Roziere in the daily Liberation.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/12/nissan-union-vote-danny-glover-bernie-sanders-france