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November 28, 2019

Union and Community Donates Food to Give Strikers a Thanksgiving Meal as ASARCO Strike Continues

Allisa Miller KFDA Channel 10 Amarillo, Texas

2,000 USW copper miners, on strike at 5 ASARCO plants in Texas and Arizona, have not been paid for over a month. Union members and the community have come together to donate food, ensuring every striker is able to have a Thanksgiving meal.

July 28, 2016

When The River Turned Yellow

David Bacon The American Prospect

Sixty miles south of the Arizona border, the devastation from a toxic spill has led to an epochal battle between a transnational mining conglomerate and an alliance of miners and farmers.

August 2, 2015

The Apache vs. Rio Tinto

Nick Kimbrell The Nation

The San Carlos tribe is fighting to block a massive mining project that would cut a two-mile wide crater through sacred land.

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