Unions

Denis MacShane, in his Column Left (“Workers of the World, Unite!” Sept. 6), laments the fact that Nissan’s factory in the United States is a non-union shop. He claims that “the problems that American unions face are due not only to national legislation and court rulings . . . that permit Nissan to run a union-free operation; union problems in the United States also stem from the rapidly increasing internationalization of production, marketing and finance.”

Is it any wonder that American workers have been turned off by this type of misleading nonsense? The decision to decline union representation was made by Nissan employees, not by the company. Fortunately, in the United States there are still some safeguards, although not enough, to prevent the forced unionization of employees who wish to be treated as individuals.

ELDEN H. CROSS

Simi Valley