"If Mississippi Nissan workers succeed, it will send a powerful message in the south and across this country that working people are prepared to fight for justice."
—Bernie Sanders
"I think the workers in the Nissan plant in Mississippi have shown an enormous amount of courage. When people stand up and fight for their rights, it's important to stand with them."
—Bernie Sanders
You can see the march from a drone’s eye view:
While Trump plays golf and calls for investigations of all who refuse to kiss his ass, the struggle continues against racism and for worker’s rights. Thousands marched for worker’s rights yesterday in Mississippi.
On Saturday, Sanders and former Ohio state senator Nina Turner, a Democrat, led hundreds of workers in a "March on Mississippi" in Canton, Miss., to demand that Nissan grant factory employees the right to hold a union vote free from fear or intimidation.
Also taking part in the march were NAACP president Cornell Williams Brooks, Sierra Club president Aaron Mair, and the actor Danny Glover.
The march culminated in the delivery of a letter to Nissan officials "demanding the company halt its ongoing harassment of African-American workers who are organizing to form a union," the coalition of rights advocates behind the march, known as the Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan (MAFFAN), wrote in a statement.
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"It's empowering to see so many leaders, both here and abroad, offering their support to us as we speak out against Nissan’s attacks on our civil rights at the plant," said Nissan employee Morris Mock, who works on the paint line at the Canton plant. "I have two daughters, and I want them to grow up in a community where they will have a real shot at a good future and a decent living. That's why I'm going to keep fighting for good jobs at Nissan's plant, no matter what it takes."
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Danny Glover, a movie star and life-long activist, talked about how celebrities can help the struggle.
Don't tell Hollywood star Danny Glover that celebrities should just stick to singing, acting or dunking while keeping their mouths shut on political and social issues.
"I don't abdicate my responsibility as a citizen," the veteran actor told NBC News. "I don't need to abdicate (my responsibilities) for better education for kids and reading programs and all that other stuff. That's what a citizen does....that's what a human being does as part of a community."
Celebrities are citizens and more of them need to use their platforms to effect change, 70-year-old Glover said.
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“Fear is the crucial element that they use in sustaining the power over workers — fear," Glover said.
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Nissan is so worried that workers might succeed that it is apparently breaking the law.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The United Auto Workers union charges that Nissan Motor Co. broke federal labor law less than two days before a Mississippi rally where U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to speak in favor of unionization.
The UAW said a company security guard wrongfully stopped workers from handing out literature and asking fellow employees to sign cards authorizing a union vote outside a gate of the Canton plant Thursday afternoon.
A union lawyer emailed an unfair labor practice charge to the National Labor Relations Board late Thursday. It's one of several now pending over the union's yearslong campaign to represent some or all of the 6,400 people who work at the complex.
U.S News and World Report: Nissan Accused of Wrongly Blocking Union Activity at Plant
There is even support from French officeholders and politicians. France is where Nissan's corporate partner Renault is headquartered. The government of France owns part of Renault and Renault owns part of Nissan.
The struggle continues. Many people are stepping up in solidarity with the Nissan workers.
Update I: From the comments by Eric Nelson. Bernie speaking at the march:
Update II: More about the struggle: