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Grijalva faces union opposition
Progressive Congressman Raul Grijalva has opposed the development of Rosemont Mine and the good jobs it brings. As a result those hoping for good jobs showed up to express their opposition to him.
A group of Southern Arizona copper workers from the United Steelworkers (USW) protested in front of Grijalva’s campaign headquarters, yesterday. They were protesting Grijalva’s interference with job development.
Grijalva and his operatives continue to block progress on permits for development of the new Rosemont Copper Mine. “Multiple permits are already approved at the open-pit location southeast of Tucson, but we have become frustrated with Congressman Grijalva’s lack of response to the issue of good future jobs for our families in Pima County,” declared Manuel Armenta, USW Sub-district Director. He said that the steelworkers had supported Grijalva, in the past.
“This is the copper state, our football helmets are going to be copper-colored, the dome on the Capitol is copper, we are proud of our copper heritage. We are copper miners, our fathers were copper miners, their fathers were copper miners,” said one of the organizers by the name of Angel. He stated, “Your cars use copper, solar energy panels use copper, our homes use copper, it is almost everything we use every day, and we have it, and mining it produces high paying jobs.”
Angel continued, “We make good money, money to take care of our families and give them what they need. Not call center jobs that pay $9 an hour. Rosemont will create jobs that people can live on. We need these jobs for our families.”