Chiquita Leaving Miss.: More Jobs On the Way With a New Tenant
GULFPORT, Miss.–Chiquita is leaving Mississippi and the Port of Gulfport after a 40-year stay. Now a new tenant is set to be announced Monday, which...
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Get Out the Cans: Letter Carriers to Help “Stamp Out Hunger” in Miss., Around the Country
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JACKSON, Miss.–You can leave your canned goods and other non-perishable food items out by your mailbox Saturday and Mississippi letter carriers will collect them as...
Chaquita Banana Here to Say, Still No Decision on Whether to Stay
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GULFPORT, Miss.–Chiquita is still in the process of deciding whether or not to stay at the Port of Gulfport and now the people whose lives...
Right to Work: Governor Signs Bills Limiting Union Activities
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JACKSON, Miss.–Mississippi is a “right to work” state, meaning collective bargaining, or unions, do not have a say in whether or not you can work....
A Union at the Nissan Plant: The Big Topic for the Mississippi NAACP
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JACKSON, Miss.–The state’s NAACP leadership wanted to talk about healthcare, education, incarceration and voter rights at their annual Legislative Advocacy Day press conference at the...
Pressure to Unionize, Who’s Supporting it at the Nissan Mississippi Plant
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CANTON, Miss.–Pressure to unionize the Nissan plant at Canton has been building for at least a year and now union branches in France and Brazil...