A daily, pocket-sized history of America's working people, brought to you by The Rick Smith Show team.
Episodes
Jul 1, 2015
Jul 1, 2015
1 min
On this day in Labor History the year was 1983. That was the day that began a three year struggle by copper workers in Arizona.
The contract for 13 unions in the mining towns that included Clifton and Morenci had expired. Many of the workers were Latino.