ASARCO employees hold firm on picket line as strike enters second week

SAHUARITA — ASARCO workers continue to strike this weekend, prompting the company to halt operations at two of its plants including one in Hayden, AZ and another in Amarillo, TX.
At a press conference in Sahuarita Saturday morning, union leaders say their members some of whom have spent decades at ASARCO haven’t seen a raise in almost 10 years.
The new contract offer asks the majority of the workforce to go without that raise for another four years.
“For this company not