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The 2022 United States railroad labor dispute was a labor dispute between freight railroads and workers in the United States. Rail companies and unions had tentatively agreed to a deal in September 2022, but it was rejected by a majority of the unions' rank-and-file members.
The California Central Railroad (CCRR) was established April 21, 1857, to build a railroad from Folsom to Marysville as an extension of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, which was completed in 1856 from Sacramento to Folsom. [3] [4] The president of California Central was Colonel C. L. Wilson and chief engineer was his friend Theodore Judah.
The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California. Berkeley: University of California Press. Soto, Gary. "Sugar Beet Union, Sugar Beet Strike, 1903" A Simple Plan. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2007. Street, Richard (2004). Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913.
None of these other labor disputes — from strikes at employers such as John Deere and the University of California, to walkouts and new organizing campaigns at companies such as Amazon ...
The very first "inter-oceanic" railroad that affected California was built in 1855 across the Isthmus of Panama, the Panama Railway. [6] [7] The Panama Railway reduced the time needed to cross the Isthmus from a week of difficult and dangerous travel to a day of relative comfort.
President Joe Biden asked lawmakers to head off a potentially crippling strike, under a labor law that has rarely been used in recent decades. How a railroad labor dispute ended up in Congress ...
1953 California construction strike: 1953 Northern and Central California: 60,000 [3] [64] 1956 East & Gulf Coast longshoremen strike: 1956 East & Gulf Coast: 59,000 [28] 1969 UMW coal strike: 1969 56,200 [24] 1976 Rubber workers strike: 1976 nationwide 56,000 [17] 1958 Chrysler strike: 1958 55,000 [14] 1978 Southern California retail clerks ...
Oct. 8—Brunswick hosted a record-breaking Railroad Days festival Sunday as thousands came to the city to ride trains, learn about the city's history and spend a nice, fall day with their families.