A federal court dispute over allowing union advocates to accompany OSHA inspectors while the agency checks a Nissan North America auto manufacturing plant has been settled, according to a Nov. 14 judge’s order (In re Establishment of Nissan N. Am., S.D. Miss., 16-mc-0692, 11/14/16).
The settlement ends a three-month court fight over whether Nissan had to allow union advocates who work at the plant to participate in the inspection at the request of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
A controversial 2013 OSHA letter of interpretation said inspectors may allow worker representatives at nonunion worksites to ...
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