The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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1. What story do these photos tell?

NYC, 1911

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/
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POOR WORKING CONDITIONS

. .. dangerously broken stairways . .. windows few and so dirty.. .. The wooden floors that were swept once a year. . .. Hardly any other light but the gas jets burning by day and by night. . . the filthy, malodorous lavatory in the dark hall. No fresh drinking water.. . . mice and roaches. . . .       

…During the winter months . . . how we suffered from the cold. In the summer we suffered from the heat. . ..

…..In these disease-breeding holes we, the youngsters together with the men and women toiled from seventy and eighty hours a week! Saturdays and Sundays included!... A sign would go up on Saturday afternoon: "If you don't come in on Sunday, you need not come in on Monday." ... Children's dreams of a day off shattered. We wept, for after all, we were only children…..

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STRIKE of 1909

• 3,000 expected, 20,000 came

• ILGWU (International Ladies Garment Workers Union) grew

• Small gains - wage raise

"Mask of Anarchy." ...        "Rise like lions after slumber        In unvanquishable number!        Shake your chains to earth, like dew.        Which in sleep had fallen on you-        Ye are many, they are few!"

AFTERMATH• 146 Triangle workers, mostly women, were burned or crushed to death

•Owners acquitted, plaintiffs won a civil suit in 1913 - $75/ victim

• Worst workplace disaster in NYC until 9/11

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245 Greene Street, New York City, NY

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Aim: How did the 1911 Triangle shirtwaist factory fire incident help improve workers safety?

Aim: How did the 1911 Triangle shirtwaist factory fire incident help improve workers safety?

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Triangle Fire

Triangle Fire

Triangular shirtwaist fire

Triangular shirtwaist fire

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August 2011 - ICCmedia.iccsafe.org/news/icc-enews/2015v12n10/tsfjonesbsj.pdfAugust 2011 12 >> The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Difficult Lessons Learned on Fire Codes and Safety By Stephen

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911. Background of the Fire Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was a typical sweat factory located at the Asch Building.

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Documents

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Chapter 18 LSSC AMH 2020. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Typical sweat shop Employed 500 people 60-72 hour workdays $6-7 dollars a week Owners kept.

Chapter 18 LSSC AMH 2020. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Typical sweat shop Employed 500 people 60-72 hour workdays $6-7 dollars a week Owners kept.

Work, workers and the Jewish ownerpa.aft.org/files/jacobs-living-wage.pdfThe Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911, in which 146 workers—primarily Jewish and Italian women—lost

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What is the long-term impact of the Triangle shirtwaist Factory fire? How might this tragedy have been prevented? Bell Ringer.

What is the long-term impact of the Triangle shirtwaist Factory fire? How might this tragedy have been prevented? Bell Ringer.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Lina Saenz.ppt

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Lessons from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Lessons from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire