Phelps Dodge Strike 1983

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Event TypeLabor DisputeEvent Date1983-1985Date Range1980s (1980-1989)DescriptionIn 1983, low copper prices prompted Phelps Dodge to lay off some workers and reduce working hours for the remaining workers at its copper mine in Clifton-Morenci. The mine workers’ union called a strike, and when Phelps Dodge and the union could not agree on a resolution, the company began to replace striking union workers with non-union workers. The strike turned violent, prompting Governor Babbitt to declare a state of emergency that lasted until August 10, 1985.

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Document

Annual report of the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs 1984

Arizona Administrative Digest, Volume 3, Issue 9, September 1, 1983

Letter from George Munroe to Governor Babbitt, September 1, 1983, re: Phelps Dodge Strike

Letter from Governor Babbitt to Michael Moreno, May 20, 1985, re: copper mining in Arizona and the Phelps Dodge Strike

Letter from Michael Moreno to Governor Babbitt, April 17, 1985, re: Governor Babbitt's role in the Phelps Dodge Strike and political plans

Memo from Jonathan Rose to Bob Wise, December 2, 1985, re: Governor's emergency powers

Statement by Governor Babbitt, August 9, 1983, re: Phelps Dodge Strike

Periodical

Arizona Labor Market Newsletter, 1984/V.8.1

Collection

Views of Old Morenci and Metcalf

Person

Bruce Edward Babbitt

CollectionArizona Research TopicsEventArizona MiningArizona Labor DisputesPlaceCliftonMorenci

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Phelps Dodge Strike 1983