Phelps Dodge Corporation

Phelps Dodge Breaks Copper Strike Using Permanent Replacement Workers, Destroying Union

1983-06-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Over 2,000 copper miners strike against Phelps Dodge Corporation at its Morenci, Ajo, Douglas, and Bisbee operations in Arizona and El Paso refinery in Texas, seeking to maintain wages and benefits amid the company’s demand for concessions. Following Reagan’s PATCO precedent, Phelps …

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Bisbee Deportation: Phelps Dodge and Vigilantes Illegally Deport 1,300 Striking Miners

1917-07-12 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

At dawn on July 12, 1917, a sheriff’s posse organized by Phelps Dodge copper company rounded up approximately 1,300 striking miners, labor organizers, and bystanders in Bisbee, Arizona, loaded them into cattle cars, and deported them to the New Mexico desert without food or water. The mass …

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