Not exactly as much as they should. I know this didnt really help you out and I truly am sorry because I was looking for the same thing
I think they were paid around 28 shillings (£40.21) a week!
In the 1865 there was a labor shortage. The Central Pacific had enough jobs for 4,000 men. Yet, they managed only to get only 800 workers at any time. Most of the early workers were Irish immigrants and in keeping with the prejudices of the time the management thought the Irish workers spent their pay on liquor. They even paid some in liquor. Soon the idea came about to employ Chinese labor and by 1868 there were 120,000 Chinese working on the railroad in groups of 20 with a white foreman. The pay at first was 27.00 a month and then was increased to 30.00 a month as the work got harder. The cost of food and board was deducted from that pay. The Irish who were still working were paid 35.00 a month and food/board was provided. Workers lived in tents along side the grade and in the mountains wooden bunkhouses protected workers from the snow. Each gang had a cook. The Irish workers ate mainly meat and potatoes, but the Chinese workers had vegetables and seafood. They also kept pigs and chickens for weekend meals.
The boycott was in support of poorly-paid farm workers. Lettuce was also boycotted.
the nwmp got paid 50 cents per day
the were paid 1 pound
The workers were miserable. The mill was being mechanized, and men who had been skilled workers - and paid decent wages - were being forced to take unskilled jobs at the mill at lower wages.
The workers were miserable. The mill was being mechanized, and men who had been skilled workers - and paid decent wages - were being forced to take unskilled jobs at the mill at lower wages.
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more then you
The mill owners wanted big profits, so paid as little in wages as possible to their workers, who had little job security.
$500.
not alot
2-4 dollars a week
They get paid a small amount.. They get paid like 10 cents each bucket...
Ihave no idea
800.00 dollars a month
10.00 an hour