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The Lot of a Steel Worker. The life of a 19th-century steel worker was grueling. Twelve-hour shifts, seven days a week. Carnegie gave his workers a single holiday-the Fourth of July; for the rest ...

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news Transportation. Closure of Texas shop kept open by 19th-century pact leaves rail workers ‘in limbo’ Anderson County and Palestine will appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.