SMYRNA, TN—Nissan’s assembly plant here is the top-producing automotive manufacturing plant in the North American industry so far this year. The plant’s two assembly lines have produced more than 334,000 vehicles.

In early March, UAW officials met with workers from Nissan Motor Co.’s assembly plant in Smyrna, TN, to lay the groundwork for a third union representation vote. Plant employees turned down the UAW by a 2-to-1 margin in 2001. A 1989 attempt to organize the plant also failed.

SMYRNA, TN—Nissan Motor Co. will add a third shift at its assembly plant here, adding more than 800 jobs.

CANTON, MS—The city of Canton’s efforts to annex the nearby Nissan assembly plant have failed.