At the funeral of the victims of the Triangle Shirt Waist factory fire, organizer of the women’s trade union league , Rose Schneiderman, gave a speech of how this wasn’t “the first time girls have been burned alive” and that if there was not a change in the way things were run this wouldn’t be the last an incident like this happened (Document 1). Numerous changes came when the people started to fight for the reform. One change came two years later and was discussed in a speech by Woodrow Wilson where he talks about making a Department of Labor; the purpose of the Department of Labor was to “foster, promote and develop welfare of the wage earners” and “improve working conditions and advancing opportunities” ( Document 6). By making the department of labor, it made employer and worker almost equal along with making the working conditions for laborers healthier and safer. Along with creating the Department of Labor, there were several laws and acts that were
At the funeral of the victims of the Triangle Shirt Waist factory fire, organizer of the women’s trade union league , Rose Schneiderman, gave a speech of how this wasn’t “the first time girls have been burned alive” and that if there was not a change in the way things were run this wouldn’t be the last an incident like this happened (Document 1). Numerous changes came when the people started to fight for the reform. One change came two years later and was discussed in a speech by Woodrow Wilson where he talks about making a Department of Labor; the purpose of the Department of Labor was to “foster, promote and develop welfare of the wage earners” and “improve working conditions and advancing opportunities” ( Document 6). By making the department of labor, it made employer and worker almost equal along with making the working conditions for laborers healthier and safer. Along with creating the Department of Labor, there were several laws and acts that were