Bracero Railroaders – The Forgotten World War II Story of Mexican Workers in th…

Bracero RailroadersThe Forgotten World War II Story of Mexican Workers in the U.S. West\nAuthor(s): Erasmo Gamboa\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Washington Press, United States\nImprint: University of Washington Press\nISBN-13: 9780295998329, 978-0295998329\nSynopsis\nDesperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the [url] and Mexican governments created a now mostly forgotten bracero railroad program that sent a hundred thousand Mexican workers across the border to build and maintain railroad lines throughout the United States, particularly the West. Although both governments promised the workers adequate living arrangements and fair working conditions, most bracero railroaders lived in squalor, worked dangerous jobs, and were subject to harsh racial discrimination. \n\nMaking matters worse, the governments held a percentage of the workers earnings in a savings and retirement program that supposedly would await the men on their return to Mexico. .