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发信人: Stevenson (青蛙SSSSSS), 信区: Automobile
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发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Oct 17 15:22:59 2015, 美东)
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http://www.change.org/p/memorial-postage-stamp-to-honor-the-tra
The Transcontinental Railroad was without question one of the most
monumental engineering feats of the 19th century. It reduced cross-country
travel times from six months to a single week! This, in turn, facilitated
domestic commerce, and was the backbone of economic prosperity enjoyed by
the United States of America in the years after its completion.
The unsung heroes of this landmark moment of progress, 12,000 Chinese
immigrants constructed the western section of the Transcontinental Railroad,
comprising more than 80 percent of the workforce of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company. Many of these workers risked their lives and perished
during the harsh winters and dangerous working conditions. They faced
prejudice, low wages, social isolation, and sometimes even death. Stanford
University cites they earned one third less than than the other workers and
were given the most difficult and dangerous jobs. Nearly 1,200 Chinese
workers died from work accidents, avalanches, and explosions (1 out of every
10).
Despite the dangerous and challenging working conditions they were forced to
endure, Chinese railroad workers courageously took a stand to organize for
fairer wages and safer working conditions. Their efforts not only bridged
our nation together, they advanced the cause of good, safe jobs for all
workers, immigrant and native workers alike.
In February 2015, Congresswoman Grace Meng introduced a bill to the US House
of Representatives about this very topic. Its resolution, which was
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, expressed that
it was the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative
postage stamp should be issued in honor of the Chinese railroad workers from
1865 to 1869, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should
recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
May 10, 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the day the final stake was
driven into the ground, completing the Transcontinental Railroad. These
unsung heroes who paved the way for modern America with their lives deserve
to be memorialized on a U.S. postage stamp to commemorate this anniversary.
Let's make it happen.
Click here read the actual text of the House of Representatives resolution,
follow this link to the Bill Text from the Library of Congress.
Click here to learn more by reading Congresswoman Meng's press release about
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