With the United States changing by the 1900s, many Mexicans worked in agriculture industry. They faced many struggles in their workplace compared to Americans. America wanted cheap labor, so they turned to Mexicans, letting many Mexicans into America because of labor shortages. Many of them had to go strike just to get equal job rights as an American. The treatment they received were absurd and since Americans knew they couldn't do anything they took advantage of the goodwill of Mexican workers.
Labor shortage in the United States was a growing problem among them. The way to solve this problem was for the U.S to make let Mexicans enter. About 70,000 documents Mexicans entered and hundreds more crossed. The United States made an agreement
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“In 1901, 200 Mexicans constructions workers went on a strike at the El Paso Electric Streetcar Company demanding higher wages and better working conditions.”(Acuña,107). There were strikes all over the place and the strike of the construction workers was one of the bigger strikes going during that time. Couple years later many other larger strikes were going on but this time it was with 500 Japanese 200 Mexican members of the Japanese Mexican Labor Association. Some injured, one killed during that strike, but in the end most of their command were met.
The jobs Mexicans were doing were also in agriculture from picking crops and others on railroads and mines. Mexicans were paid low wages while some Americans who worked near them made more. They were forced to work longer hours with terrible work conditions. With the low wages, the United States were able to make a good profit. When the Mexican demanded better wages and working conditions, they made sure it was during the height of the season because with no one there pick they'll be forced to reconsider and meets their demands. In end that's what companies did because they didn't want to lose