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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Sunday, July 11, 2004 ::
Victory for miners Salt Lake Tribune, UT
The settlement was a victory for the miners and the UMWA, which had taken the miners' complaint about unfair labor practices to the NLRB.
For the miners and UMWA, it was a glimpse into the past. Beginning late in the 19th century, the mines and unions in Utah's coal country grew up on the backs of immigrant labor. By no coincidence, most of the miners at the Co-Op Mine today are Latinos, many of them Mexicans.
Historically, immigrant workers were easier for employers to exploit, because of language and cultural barriers. Today, companies can threaten to turn noncompliant workers over to immigration authorities.
That is the environment that gave birth to trade unionism, in Utah as well as elsewhere.------------------------------------------- posted 10:03 AM :: reference link ::
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