With the economy at a standstill and unemployment high, there is little sympathy for public-sector rail workers.

在经济停滞、失业率居高不下的情况下，公共部门的路工人难大众同情。

But it wasn't until 12,000 government forces were sent to quell a strike, and two railway workers were tragically killed that pressure mounted from the American workforce and Labor Day was put on the federal calendar.

但直到后来，随着政府派出1.2万士兵镇压罢工，两路工人不幸丧生，来自美国工人的压力逐渐增大，劳动节才进入了联邦的日程。

Along the way, you can also see the Iron Man sculpture, which was constructed by railway workers to commemorate the one millionth concrete sleeper laid during construction of the line.

沿途您还可看到“人雕像”，这是路工人为纪念铺设第 100 万个混凝土枕木而建造的。

The Greek Railroad Workers Union said the drivers of the two trains were both killed.

希腊路工人工会表示，两列火车的司均遇难。

Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago.

另一些人说，一位为俄巴底·凯利的路工人发明了这个单词。

Five railway workers have died in Italy after being hit by a high-speed train.

意大利五路工人被一列高速列车撞击后死亡。

In 1926 one inspector, Jean-Noel-Paul Pegourier, compared the treatment of workers on the railway to the German genocide of the Herero in Namibia before the first world war.

1926年，一检查员让-诺埃尔-保罗·佩古里尔将路工人受到的待遇比作一战前德国在纳米比亚对赫雷罗人的种族灭绝。

About 60,000 railroad workers are expected to strike across the country, which would shut down about 40% of long-distance trade routes, costing the economy an estimated $2 billion a day and crippling multiple industries.

届时，全美预计有 6 万路工人罢工，约 40% 长途贸易路线瘫痪，预计每天贸易损失将近 20 亿美元，重创多个行业。

President Truman had always been a friend of labor unions. But during the first months of his administration, he became involved in a fierce struggle with coal miners and railroad workers.

杜鲁门总统一直是工会的朋友，但在他执政的头几个月里，与煤矿工人和路工人展开了激烈的斗争。

Unions have rallied behind railway workers associations who stage rolling walkouts since the head-on train collision in northern Greece February 28 that left 57 people dead and dozens injured.

自2月28日希腊北部发生两列火车相撞事故来，57人死亡，数十人受伤，工会一直支持路工人协会。

But during the first months of his administration, he became involved in a fierce struggle with coal miners and railroad workers.

但在执政的头几个月里，他参与了与煤矿工人和路工人的激烈斗争。

A union for British rail workers says its 20,000 members have voted to accept an improved pay offer from Network Rail.

一个英国路工人工会表示，其 20，000 成员投票接受了网络路公司提高的工资。

And for national rail workers alone, there hasn't been a single year without some kind of strike action since 1947.

仅就全国路工人而言，自1947年来，没有哪一年没有发生过某种罢工行动。

Rail workers in Greece held a strike on Thursday, insisting that they repeatedly warned about (a) lack (of) standards.

希腊路工人周四举行罢工，坚称他们一再警告路网没有达到标准。

Many decades ago, local railroad workers in Springfield would go to small diners to eat late at night.

许多年前，当地的路工人会在深夜去小餐馆吃饭。

As the workforce evolved and the number of railroad workers and farmers dwindled, experimentation was key.

随着劳动力的发展，路工人和农民的数量减少，实验是关键。

However, the president had less success with the railroad workers.

然而，此举在路工人中却收效甚微。

When a traveling salesman named, Hamilton Carhartt asked railroad workers how their uniforms could be improved, he used his findings to create the first Carhartt product, a pair of overalls.

当一位叫汉密尔顿·卡哈特的旅行推销员向路工人询问如何改进他们的制服时，他利用他的发现创造了第一个 Carhartt 产品——一条工装裤。

His lawyer said the rail worker was devastated.

他的律师说，这路工人悲痛欲绝。

Rail workers have gone on strike.

路工人罢工了。