New Study Shows Nissan in Canton, Mississippi Violates International Labor Rights
2013/10/07 — Report from the Mississippi NAACP and international labor law scholar Lance Compa will outline how Nissan undermines workers’ freedom of association, in violation of International Labor Organization Conventions 87 and 98.
WHAT: An extensive report by Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson and international labor law expert Lance Compa will be released in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8 showing that Nissan in Canton, Miss., is in violation of international labor standards on freedom of association through its aggressive interference with workers trying to exercise their fundamental right to organize a union.
The report, which will be outlined at press conferences in various countries including the U.S., France and Brazil and will be available in Japanese, concludes that the company should respect human rights standards on workers’ freedom of association, including the right to organize and the right to collective bargaining at all of its operations worldwide in accordance with International Labor Organization (ILO) standards, the UN Global Compact and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. But in the Canton plant, according to the report, Nissan has launched a campaign of fear and intimidation resulting in the denial of these rights.
WHO: Derrick Johnson, State President, Mississippi NAACP
Lance Compa, International Labor Law Scholar
Dr. Isiac Jackson, Jr., Chairperson, Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan (MAFFAN)
Canton Nissan workers Chris Milton, Dione Monroe, and Wade Cox
WHEN: Tues., Oct. 8th at 8:30 a.m. CST
WHERE: National Press Club, 529 14th St., NW, 13th floor conference room, Washington, D.C 20045
TO VIEW THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY WEBCAST AND SUBMIT QUESTIONS IMMEDIATELY AFTER, GO TO THIS LINK:
http://www.visualwebcaster.com/CompaReport
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Sherry Wright, media@naacpms.org
www.naacpms.org • www.dobetternissan.org
