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18 cents an hour
During the early part of the last century, many immigrants from Italy found jobs working for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The average take-home pay over a two-week time period back in 1916 was $21.60. According to a railroad time book from January of that year, the immigrants were paid 18 cents an hour and worked a 10-hour day.See the full content of this document
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Briefly, Italian
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