民国初年,为了解决北京交通落后的状况,北洋政府于1921年正式成立了北京第一家电车公司,经营北京的有轨电车事业,并兼营公共汽车。在公司工作的电车工人分在厂内的和在车上工作的两种。人们一般看到的是在电车上工作的工人即司机生和售票生。电车工人的工作非常辛苦。他们不但工作时间长、劳动强度大,而且还经常遭受乘车军警的打骂、殴辱。电车工人因军警殴 In the early Republic of China, Beiyang government formally established Beijing’s first tram company in 1921 in order to solve the backward traffic conditions in Beijing. It operated the tram cause in Beijing and also operated a bus. The tram workers working in the company are divided into two types of factory and work in the car. People generally see the workers who work on the tram, that is, drivers and ticket sales students. Tram workers work very hard. Not only have they been working long hours and working hard, they have also often been beaten and abused by military and police vehicles. Tram workers were beaten up by the military police