Episode 255: Right to Work
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Episode 255: Right to Work

B2Upper-intermediateApril 27, 202631 min

In 1946, organized labor in Arizona managed a critical victory against Phelps Dodge in Clifton-Morenci. Oddly enough, that same year, unions would be dealt an existential loss as voters enshrined right to work in the state constitution.

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[♪ upbeat music playing, Salt of the Earth is a 1954 independent drama film that was produced on a budget of $250,000. The movie, set in the fictional Zinc Town, New Mexico, concerns itself with the struggle of minors in their union during a long and difficult strike against the mining company

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that runs the town. If that sounds a little too familiar and real, it's because the story was based on an actual strike that took place at a zinc mine in 1951 in Grant County, New Mexico. The film was written, directed, and produced by three men who had been blacklisted due to suspected communist ties, making this a truly independent film produced outside of the Hollywood

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studio system. Because of its very pro-labor message, not to mention a strong feminist point of view, the movie was quickly suppressed in the United States. It was only shown in 13 theaters nationwide.

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