jay moon
  
  
    
      
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
    
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        August 13, 2012 -
        
  
        When the CIO launched a campaign to organize Southern workers in 1946, the region's elite fought back by exploiting fears about race and communism -- and fear remains the biggest obstacle to organizing today, as the UAW's campaign to unionize Nissan's Canton, Miss. plant shows.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        July 6, 2012 -
        
  
        Mississippi's revised workers' compensation law went into effect this month, putting the burden on workers to prove injuries are job-related. The Republican governor says it shows corporations that the state is the "most job-friendly environment in America."