§ 1.1.1 THIS ARTICLE'S SCOPE AND OVERVIEW.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 1.1.1 This Article's Scope and Overview. This article presents a brief overview of the history and development of labor relations in Arizona, the influence of organized labor on the Arizona Constitution, and the history of statutes and employment contracts governing employment relations.

Article XVIII of the Arizona Constitution is aptly entitled "Labor." Historian Philip Taft claims that "the codes of labor and welfare on the statute books of state governments are largely, if not wholly, attributable...