The workers asked for only a small increase in pay, but the boss just slammed the door in their faces.

工人只要求增加少量工资，但老板就是拒绝同他们谈判。

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The company asked him to lead workers on a project to extend the railroad into the Allegheny Mountains.

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Now when asked by the hardest workers why "each of the laborers received every man a penny," the householder replies, "Take that which is thine own and go thy way.

当那些最辛苦的工人问户主为什么“每个人,都得到了一便士呢“他回答，拿着你们的东西走人吧。

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The white workers asked Congress for a law to stop Chinese workers from coming to the United States.

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Of the surveyed workers asked to explain their excuse for playing hooky, 30 percent said they simply needed to relax, 22 percent wanted to catch up on sleep, 14 percent wanted to take care of some personal errands, and 9 percent wanted to miss a meeting or finagle some extra time for an overdue project.

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Secondly, the workers are being asked to work to much more strict quality standards and thirdly the claim is that they did not receive sufficient training to meet those new standards.

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The second (in December, 2011) asked the same workers what they actually did with it.

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