This is the grave of Marcus Daly. Born in 1841 in County Cavan, Ireland, Daly was the youngest of 11 children in a poor farming family. He came to the U.S. in 1856. He settled in New York initially, struggling along like most of the...
copper
I want to highlight one story I mentioned in my Dissent piece through a full blog post. Mining companies operate internationally largely as bad actors, seeking maximum exploitation at the.
On December 24, 1913, striking Italian copper workers in Calumet, Michigan were holding their Christmas party in the town's crowded Italian Hall building. Someone shouted "fire." Could have been company.
On June 30, 1983, workers at the Phelps-Dodge Corporation copper mines in Arizona went on strike. Led by the United Steelworkers of America, miners fought bravely against Phelps-Dodge's decision to bust their union, but faced with overwhelming odds, they lost the strike, bringing in the...