Kaleabe Abera
Mr. Perez
US History
March 7, 2017
On Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire erupted in a 10 story factory building. The top floors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company building, in New York city, caught fire killing 146 of the 500 workers. The dead consisted of mainly of young women. The doors for the fire escape were locked and the firefighters ladders couldn’t reach to top floors. Many of the workers prefered to jump to their deaths rather than suffocating. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, founded in 1900, was a union that represented local unions. After the 1911 Triangle Fire, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union blossomed and working conditions were improved. The rise of the International Ladies’ Garmet …show more content…
Many factory owners would lock the fire escapes to their building. This practice prevented workers from taking premature and excessive breaks as well as lowering the number of thefts. The Triangle Shirtwaist Companies have been fined many times for not following New York Cities factory safety guidelines. After the 1911 Triangle Fire, New York created a Factory Investigating Commission to study safety, sanitation, wages, hours and child labor in places like sweatshops, canneries and bakeries. This led to New York adopting 36 of the commission’s recommendation into law. One of the Commissioners who went on to assist the workplace for workers on a national scale was Robert F. Wagner. Robert F. Wagner was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1926. As senator, Wagner enacted the Social Security Act, which provided old-age pensions to citizens. Wagner also enacted the Wagner Labor Act. This act guaranteed workers the right to organize and bargain …show more content…
After the fire, new regulations were established in the State of New York. Rose Schneiderman and Frances Perkins are both women who were inspired by the tragic events, and did not want such an event to take place. Rose Schneiderman is a political philosophy who improved the workplace for women. Rose Schneiderman said, “The woman worker needs bread, but she needs roses too.” Rose Schneiderman is telling the world that women need money but still needs to be treated well. Just because someone needs money does not give the green light for an employer to approve of hazardous working environments so they can make more profit. Rose Schneiderman considered bread to be improve wages, hours, and safety standards for American working women; while roses were hools, recreational facilities, and professional networks for trade union women. After witnessing the 1911 Triangle fire, Frances Perkins was recommended by president Franklin Theodore Roosevelt to become the executive secretary of the Committee on Safety. The Committee of safety went on to forced factories to study fire safety and other threats that lurk the new york working environment. Franklin Theodore Roosevelt later asks Francess Perkin if she could serve as his Secretary of labor. Francess Perkin out lined a list of priorities: a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor,
Mr. Perez
US History
March 7, 2017
On Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire erupted in a 10 story factory building. The top floors of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company building, in New York city, caught fire killing 146 of the 500 workers. The dead consisted of mainly of young women. The doors for the fire escape were locked and the firefighters ladders couldn’t reach to top floors. Many of the workers prefered to jump to their deaths rather than suffocating. The International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, founded in 1900, was a union that represented local unions. After the 1911 Triangle Fire, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union blossomed and working conditions were improved. The rise of the International Ladies’ Garmet …show more content…
Many factory owners would lock the fire escapes to their building. This practice prevented workers from taking premature and excessive breaks as well as lowering the number of thefts. The Triangle Shirtwaist Companies have been fined many times for not following New York Cities factory safety guidelines. After the 1911 Triangle Fire, New York created a Factory Investigating Commission to study safety, sanitation, wages, hours and child labor in places like sweatshops, canneries and bakeries. This led to New York adopting 36 of the commission’s recommendation into law. One of the Commissioners who went on to assist the workplace for workers on a national scale was Robert F. Wagner. Robert F. Wagner was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1926. As senator, Wagner enacted the Social Security Act, which provided old-age pensions to citizens. Wagner also enacted the Wagner Labor Act. This act guaranteed workers the right to organize and bargain …show more content…
After the fire, new regulations were established in the State of New York. Rose Schneiderman and Frances Perkins are both women who were inspired by the tragic events, and did not want such an event to take place. Rose Schneiderman is a political philosophy who improved the workplace for women. Rose Schneiderman said, “The woman worker needs bread, but she needs roses too.” Rose Schneiderman is telling the world that women need money but still needs to be treated well. Just because someone needs money does not give the green light for an employer to approve of hazardous working environments so they can make more profit. Rose Schneiderman considered bread to be improve wages, hours, and safety standards for American working women; while roses were hools, recreational facilities, and professional networks for trade union women. After witnessing the 1911 Triangle fire, Frances Perkins was recommended by president Franklin Theodore Roosevelt to become the executive secretary of the Committee on Safety. The Committee of safety went on to forced factories to study fire safety and other threats that lurk the new york working environment. Franklin Theodore Roosevelt later asks Francess Perkin if she could serve as his Secretary of labor. Francess Perkin out lined a list of priorities: a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor,