A Perfect Example of Non Union Workers Benefitting From Labor Unions

[Teamster Jeff]

Nissan to raise workers' hourly wages at plants in Tennessee and Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. – Nissan Motor Co. will raise pay for its employees in Mississippi and Tennessee.

The company has told its employees it will increase their wages starting in October at its Canton, Miss., and Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plants, as well as its Decherd, Tenn., engine plant.

Nissan says pay will go up by 55 cents an hour for production employees and 65 cents an hour for maintenance technicians, spokesman Justin Saia said. That's about a 2 percent increase over the average hourly wage that workers in Smyrna and Canton make now. Production and maintenance workers make $2 an hour less, on average, in Canton than in Smyrna.

The pay raises come as the United Auto Workers try to unionize workers at the Canton and Smyrna plants.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/11/nissan-to-raise-workers-hourly-wages-at-plants-in-tennessee-and-mississippi/#ixzz2QB6Nj84j

Their first raise since 2006 and they are only getting a raise now because the company is afraid of the being organized by the UAW.

[RedstDem]

1. i hope the uaw is successful

But what's the math on that? 65 cents is two percent? Is that 32.50?
Can't remember math class, been too long ago.

[Brickbat]

2. Are you kidding? The company is doing that because it's nice.