(MARIETTA, GA – 1/26/17) The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations today joined demonstrators in support of workers calling for better treatment at a Nissan factory.
“5,000 workers, 80% of them African-American, are organizing a union at the Nissan car plant in Canton, Mississippi,” protest organizers said. “They experience dangerous working conditions, bullying by management, unfair treatment of temp workers and long hours. And when workers began organizing, Nissan threatened to close the plant.”
CAIR-GA Community Outreach Director, Asma Elhuni, spoke in favor of workers at the protest, which was held in Marietta.