Labor dispute between Phelps Dodge and the United Steel Workers
| Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983 |
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| Date | June 30, 1983 (1983-06-30) - February 19, 1986 (1986-02-19) |
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The 1983 Arizona copper mine strike began as a labour dispute between the Phelps Dodge Corporation and a group of union copper miners and mill workers, led by the United Steelworkers. The subsequent strike lasted nearly three years and resulted in the replacement of most of the striking workers and decertification of the unions. It is regarded as an important event in the history of the United States labor movement.[1]
- ^ Rosenblum, Jonathan D. Copper Crucible: How the Arizona Miners' Strike of 1983 Recast Labor-Management Relations in America, Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, 1995, p.217.