After reviewing the websites, in particular, the testimonies, my reaction is anger. It amazes no one will take responsibility. I guess, in reality at the time without regulations in place legally no one would have been responsible, however, morally there is no way I believe that the owners Mark Blanck and Isaac Harris did not know what they were doing was wrong, they simply chose greed over humanity and found nothing wrong with working people under terrible conditions, which was par for the course of the time.
Following the Triangle Shirtwaist fire over the next few years, sixty regulations were passed. It’s a shame a tragedy like this had to happen for the regulations to pass. Unscrupulous employers certainly could have prevented many,
Following the Triangle Shirtwaist fire over the next few years, sixty regulations were passed. It’s a shame a tragedy like this had to happen for the regulations to pass. Unscrupulous employers certainly could have prevented many,