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Following several failed attempts at organizing Nissan workers in a Canton, Mississippi assembly plant, the United Auto Workers (UAW) has filed a complaint with the NLRB alleging that Nissan management has been surveilling and keeping tabs on the possible pro-union leanings of employees. As proof of this allegation, the UAW provided a partially-redacted file from Nissan listing employees and describing who they spend their time with, what their union leanings might be, and how they have reacted to union organizing efforts. In addition to claiming that plant management keeps surveillance on workers, the UAW is also stating that management has threatened to close the plant down should employees vote for union representation and that Nissan has interfered in general with union organizing efforts. So far, the UAW has asked the NLRB to look further into Nissan’s anti-union practices and to subpoena Nissan representatives.