AUSTIN, TX - MAY 17: Michael Caruso drives the #36 Norton 360 Racing Nissan during practice for the Austin 400, which is round five of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Circuit of The Americas on May 17, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
Morris Mock Jr., of Pearl, signs a oversized petition calling for Nissan to allow union recruitment without company opposition prior to a news conference at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, May 17, 2013, led by Mississippi Alliance for Fairness at Nissan, a group of ministers and politicians who are lobbying Nissan to allow union recruiting at the plant without hostile opposition. Mock, a 10-year employee of Nissan also claims the automaker is relying on temporary help to fill many of its new job openings. According to a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that tracks public money put toward economic development projects, Nissan hasn t created enough quality full-time jobs at the automaker s Canton plant to justify $1.3 billion in state and local tax breaks and incentives the company has been awarded since 2000.
AUSTIN, TX - MAY 16: Todd Kelly driver of the #7 Jack Daniel's Racing Nissan talks to the media ahead of the Austin 400, which is round five of the V8 Supercar Championship Series at Circuit of The Americas on May 16, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 12: Carter Jones of the United States riding for Bissell Pro Cycling poses with the Nissan King of the Mountain jersey after Stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California in Escondido, California on May 12, 2013 in Los Angeles, United States.
Nissan Motors' 'Infiniti' brand logo is displayed at its headquarters in Yokohama, south of Tokyo on May 10, 2013. Nissan said its annual net profit came in nearly flat from a year earlier, a result that stood in stark contrast to rivals Toyota and Honda which have booked soaring profits.
Nissan Motors' Zero Emission electric vehicle 'Leaf' (R) and five-door hatchback 'Note' are on display at the showroom of its headquarters in Yokohama, south of Tokyo on May 10, 2013. Nissan said its annual net profit came in nearly flat from a year earlier, a result that stood in stark contrast to rivals Toyota and Honda which have booked soaring profits.
