International Democrat Union

What laws were made? Did anything happen to the owner? The Triangle Factory fire was a devastating situation: 145 people out of 500 died. It was a hard situation for many parents. Many parents also wanted a revenge on the owners. As I read some articles and stories about this fire to know what would happen to the owner. So I did a little research and this is what I found out! The owner's names are Max Harris and Isaac Blank. They went to court because many believe they arranged the fire to…

“Flesh and Blood so Cheap,” by Albert Marrin, is a story showcasing a truly devastating story of how the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory went ablaze on March 25, 1911. The fire was thought to be started by a hot ash or a live cigarette that was flicked into a scrap bin. But we will never know what truly started the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. As the story progresses it discusses why the health and safety of workers must be overseen by the local government. The health and safety of workers at the…

Fire! Now you may be wondering, what do you mean “Fire!” Fire! As in the Triangle Factory Fire. All these dangers, all these unfortunate girls. Couldn’t they have survived? Welcome to my essay on The Triangle Factory Fire. First of all, what caused this terrible disaster? Many different factors played into this. Was it just a spontaneous fire? It is said in Flesh and Blood so Cheap that the fire was most likely caused by a still lit cigarette thrown into a waste basket. They also say “We…

States The United States has been driven by geopolitics to drive foreign policy through most of the 20th Century. Through the last decade of the 20th Century, the world saw the close of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, and the emergence of the European Union – both forged by the United States’ involvement. They helped to create an open world economy, free trade routes and sea lanes, lenders to the world, reserve currency globally, investing abroad, and keeping their own markets…

Labor unions are organizations that represent workers in relation to management. (classnotes). The Knights of Labor is a labor union that was created in 1869. The knights of labor was created by Uriah P. Stephens. This was a very secret labor union during this time period because men who tried to make unions were treated poorly. The knights of labor was a group of people who shared the same interest and wanted…

Tazreen vs. Triangle November 24th and 25th in the year 2012 a fire stormed the factory of Tazreen Fashions in Dhaka, Bangladesh where more than 100 workers perished (Bajaj, 2012). The blaze initiated on Saturday at 7 pm and took all night for firefighters to extinguish. A large majority of the plants manufacturing was made for Wal-Mart, as well as other American and European brands. Due to the notably poor fire safety precautions and the fact that the plants managers blocked off some of the…

neglected any policy that would hinder the process of torching the factory. Furthermore, they had little empathy for the workers themselves, paying them fifteen dollars a week and having them work for 12 hours a day. In 1909, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union had a strike for higher pay and better hours, but the owners’ of the Triangle Factory disregarded it and suppressed the strike though corrupt…

Immigrants in the United States The United States is a land of immigration and has experienced successive immigration waves. Since America is a country built of immigrants, they are truly the fabric of our society; and although we have had our fair share of mistakes regarding this phenomenon we are moving forward indefinitely. During the course of this paper, we will go over the Chinese Exclusion Act, The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911, Immigration Act of 1965 and The Patriot Act. The…

On Saturday, March 25th, 1911, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, which occupied the top three floors of the ten story Asch building in New York City, caught on fire, killing 146 people within fifteen minutes and seriously injuring 70 more. Those affected were mostly young Jewish and Italian immigrant women between the ages of sixteen and twenty three. At the time, the space was occupied by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, a clothing sweatshop run by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. The Triangle…

To introduce a research paper on the conditions of the sweatshops that mostly women and children work inside of to make our clothing today. Sweatshops are located in Central America, South America, Asia, China, India, and parts of Europe also. The sweatshops that are listed above all of child laboring inside of them, especially being locked inside and not being able to leave until work is done. However describing the word "sweatshop" conjures up images of small, dangerous, and nasty occupations…