Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people who have taken an American History course have learned about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. The ...
She escaped the Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911, in which 146 of her co-workers perished, and dedicated the rest of her life to promoting worker safety. By Douglas Martin To Michael Hirsch, the ...
Three plaques commemorate the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in Greenwich Village that killed 146 workers in 1911, catalyzing landmark workplace safety laws and transforming the labor movement. But ...
New York – A factory fire 100 years ago claimed the lives of 146 New York workers, but the resulting furor over inadequate safety measures led to reforms that have since saved many lives. When the ...
(New York Jewish Week) – As Allison and Rebecca Kestenbaum stood in front of a building in Greenwich Village on Wednesday, they were thinking about another set of sisters: their relatives Celia and ...
On Shabbat afternoon, March 25, 1911, the top floors of the Jewish-owned Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Lower Manhattan went up in flames. Due to the building’s structural flaws, the number of people ...
The first time I talked about the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 was at a union training in early 2004. I got choked up and had to bite down hard on the edge of my tongue to let go the catch ...
A 1911 photo of the charred work room of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in the Asch building in New York City after a fire. (AP) In a crowded New York City courtroom 107 years ago this month, two ...
From the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire to the Civil Rights Movement and the first Earth Day, history shows that when ...
Among the many reasons to celebrate on Labor Day are workforce benefits that were hard-won: the 40-hour workweek, paid holidays and medical and dental insurance. But better working conditions and ...
Death on the job was a routine hazard for American workers a century ago. About 100 workers, on average, died every day as mines collapsed, ships sank, trains crashed and factories burned. Nearly all ...