re: Bernie Sanders coming to March in Mississippi for starting a Union at Nissan

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Nissan should pick up their toys and go play elsewhere.

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That's what my friend who has been there 10 years is afraid of.

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Nissan should pick up their toys and go play elsewhere.

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They will in about 15 years. There's no stopping them from going to Mexico. The people working there should try to get as much as they can while they can. Union or non-Union Nissan will close the plant in about 15 years to move to Mexico and being right to work or non-union won't stop it.

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Nissan should pick up their toys and go play elsewhere.

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Nissan has quite an investment in the Canton plant, so just picking up and moving would be a pretty expensive mitigation plan. That being said, MS is very business friendly and working to attract more industry. The issue comes from the local warlords and cartels who try to get their hooks into anything profitable for personal gain...the Bennie Thompsons and local leadership in places like Canton and Jackson. Danny Glover doesn't care anything about MS or MS workers. He should give Mel Gibson a call and see if he could help get him some work that will better occupy his time.

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City of Canton is suing Nissan seeking a declaratory judgment that Canton’s 2000 agreement to not annex the Nissan plant located outside Canton for at least 30 years is not binding on the City. Apparently, Canton wants to annex the Nissan plant so that it can collect taxes from Nissan. Here is the City of Canton’s Complaint, which it filed in state court. Nissan removed the case to federal court. One of the claims in the Complaint is for a declaration that Canton’s 2000 agreement is not binding on subsequent city administrations. Huh? That argument sounds so bad that it makes me think I’m missing something. A contract is not binding on a successor administration? So the agreement was actually only for the life of the 2000 administration? Even though the contract said 30 years? Really? Really? What am I missing here? But it gets worse. Here are the exhibits to the Complaint. Page 8 is part of a letter to the then Mayor of Canton that stated that a statute passed regarding the project specifically authorized Canton’s administration to bind future administrations. Barbara Blackmon of Blackmon and Blackmon in Canton represents the City of Canton. Mitchell Cowan with Watkins Ludlam in Jackson represents Nissan. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves presides in the case.

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Another:

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Demonstrators arrived Wednesday outside Clinton City Hall in two buses to send a message to Continental Tire. “We are here standing up for the minority contractors,” organizer Antonio Pope said. Pope said he wants to make sure minorities and small businesses have the opportunity to work with Continental Tire. “We know that Continental’s brand new and they’re trying to get everything going, but based on the history of Mississippi, we want Continental to understand there has been a lack of inclusion in all contracts thus far,” Pope said.

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