"In the lead-up to the election, the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Nissan, detailing years of illegal threats made by the company against pro-union employees. The complaint alleges that Nissan supervisors told workers in one-on-one and small group meetings that the company could shut down the plant if it went union."
Employees were barraged by dire warnings from the state political establishment, nonstop anti-union videos at work, and anti-union advertisements on billboards and local television funded by the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.
The United States has done the very opposite of Lincoln's recommendation to give labor "much the higher consideration" over capital. "From 1978 to 2013, CEO compensation, inflation-adjusted, increased 937 percent" for CEOs of the top 350 U.S. firms, while average worker compensation grew by 10.2% (EPI). American labor is prostrate before capital.
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