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- About
80 to 85 percent of all railway workers in the United
States are represented by labor organizations
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- Congress
created the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak) in 1971 to assume responsibility for intercity
passenger trains throughout the United States.
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- The
earliest passenger cars, were introduced in 1830 in
the United States.
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- The
first sleeping car in the world was introduced in
the United States in 1836.
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| American
civil-rights activist and labor leader A. Philip Randolph
organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925.
The union made advances against unfair treatment of black
workers. - Encarta |
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