Which immigrants worked for the Union Pacific Railroad company?

Question

Which immigrants worked for the Union Pacific Railroad company?

Answer 1

A long, but interesting read.  The heathen Chinese.

http://cprr.org/Museum/Fusang.html

Answer 2

Mexicans after most mne went to war and Asians

Answer 3

China Man...We should ride the trains for free, we built the railroads....

Answer 4

Chinese

Answer 5

Chinese, and once they finished, the railroads hired gunmen to kill them off!

Answer 6

Nope, Nyet, Nein..................

The Union Pacific utilized primarily Irish immigrants and some Italians.  Remember, they built westward and the lion's share of immigrants came into New York to start their new lives.

The Central Pacific employed Chinese laborers, as the bulk of them arrived on the west coast in San Francisco and built eastward with the CP.  And yes they were murdered frequently, or sent loaded with gunpowder and a burning fuse into tunnels or along granite precipices to blast through the hard granite.  

They would cut off their 'queues' and some finger nails to send to surviving family back in the old country and were assured their relatives from China would be brought over.  It didn't happen.

This is where the phrase, "He doesn't stand a China man's chance" came from.

The UP did use some chinese labor, but very little. The majority of their workforce were Irish.

Answer 7

Chinese immigrants were the predominant "cheap labor" force.  Then the Irish came and that was the beginning of the end for the Chinese.

Answer 8

Give "Hoghead" those 10 points. He's correct.  The Chinese worked to build the Central Pacific railroad. Remember, the CPRR started from San Francisco and headed east.

The Union Pacific's  immigrant workers came from the east coast, mainly Irish, Italians, and others.