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Irish immigrants often entered the workforce at the bottom of the occupational ladder and took on the menial and dangerous jobs that were often avoided by other workers. Newspapers ads for employment would end with "No Irish need apply." and restaurants and hotels would display segregation signs saying "No Irish permitted in this establishment...
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Newspapers ads for employment would end with "No Irish need apply." and restaurants and hotels would display segregation signs saying "No Irish permitted in this establishment." (Belarajan, 1995) In 1851-1852, railroad contractors in New York advertised for workers and promised good pay...
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