Article: 150 Years Ago, Chinese Railroad Workers Staged the Era's Largest Labor Strike
Subject
Transcontinental Railroad (Chinese Contributions)
Title
Article: 150 Years Ago, Chinese Railroad Workers Staged the Era's Largest Labor Strike
Date
6/17/2017
Type
Contemporary Article
Description
NBC News provides a 2017 article, by Chris Fuchs, on the labor strike led by Chinese workers on the Central Pacific Railroad on June 25, 1867. The author provides an account of the strike, its origins, and what it revealed about the value of Chinese labor to the Transcontinental Railroad.
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NBC News
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“Article: 150 Years Ago, Chinese Railroad Workers Staged the Era's Largest Labor Strike,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 3, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/398.