The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The triangle shirtwaist factory fire was one of the most tragically industrial accidents in the history of the United States. It happened in the city of New York in 1911, killing 146 workers, including immigrant women. Many of them died publicly by throwing themselves, out of the upper story windows of the burning building. The fire made clear in a powerful way that industrial accidents had causes whose roots lay in employers’ near total power over the workplace environment; causes which government had the responsibility to address.
Between the 1909 and 1910 working women were to get press attention. They went on a strike in the New York garment district, demanding union shops, weekly instead of fortnight
The triangle shirtwaist factory fire was one of the most tragically industrial accidents in the history of the United States. It happened in the city of New York in 1911, killing 146 workers, including immigrant women. Many of them died publicly by throwing themselves, out of the upper story windows of the burning building. The fire made clear in a powerful way that industrial accidents had causes whose roots lay in employers’ near total power over the workplace environment; causes which government had the responsibility to address.
Between the 1909 and 1910 working women were to get press attention. They went on a strike in the New York garment district, demanding union shops, weekly instead of fortnight