Phelps Dodge, the copper giant, needs to hire 600 people by the end of the year and they have exhausted the labor pools in Greenlee & Graham counties in Arizona. A housing crunch isn’t helping matters. A lot of women are being hired as truck drivers, mechanics and electricians. It sounds like WWII all over again. They are offering $4,000, signing bonuses and allowing shifts of on 7 days and off 7 days. The company plans temporary housing, a resident campus, cafeteria, fitness center and Internet Café. Workers pay no rent to live at the campus and meals are free. Three other major copper producers are also competing for help; ASARCO, BHP Billiton and Quadra Mining.

Excellent post, James. I am always looking for things like this.

Do they require experience? Link?

What's up with the 7 on/7 off deal?

Halliburton tried to recruit me for the rebuild of Iraq (I'm a plumber), but they have a wacko pay scale and shift like this, too. I ran the numbers and it was a break even deal.

The housing/food isn't free, either. They deduct it from your pay, kinda like the old days when you had to get everything from the company store.

Many companies like these are leveraging the illegal labor against legal labor. The illegals have pushed the wages so low that Whites either have to settle for a raw deal or no deal at all.