【美国人物志】五个劳工领袖 (7/9)

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在二十世纪初，美国的劳动者往往工作相当长的时间才能得到很少的工资，甚至有许多是在极其危险的条件下工作的。然而，大约有五百万的工人已加入了一个称为工会的群体，渴望能改善他们的处境。下面讲述的是5个致力于改善和提高工人工作环境的工会领袖。
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A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Washington
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Martin Luther King JuniorA. Philip Randolph led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters for 43 years. In 1957 he became vice-president of the AFL, CIO.
Randolph used large group protests to change work conditions. He planned marches on the capital in Washington to protest the unequal treatment of black workers by the government.
In 1963, Randolph planned the 'March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.' At this huge peaceful gathering, civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Junior, made his famous "I have a dream" speech. Within a year the civil rights amendment passed guaranteeing equal rights for blacks and other minorities.