As I didn’t see it anywhere in the corporate media over the past few days, I thought that I should at least mention that March 25th marked the 100th anniversary of New York’s Triangle Factory Fire. The tragic event claimed the lives of 146 people, most of them young immigrant women, and galvanized the American […]
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Remembering the Triangle Factory Fire
Posted in History, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1911, Asch Building, Clara Lemlich, collective bargaining, Frances Perkins, garment trade, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, labor history, Maine, murals, Paul LePage, Pinkertons, revisionist history, rewriting history, sweatshop, Triangle Factory Fire, Triangle Waist Company, union busting, unions, William Looney, Women's Trade Union League, worker safety, workers rights | 13 Comments