There is an excellent documentary about the Triangle Fire on PBS - TopicsExpress



          

There is an excellent documentary about the Triangle Fire on PBS American Experience. It shows how this tragedy galvanized workers everywhere to unionize. Ironically, prior to this fire there had been a lot of union activities and many of the sweat shops did unionize. Triangle didnt. They were the biggest in the city. The prime cause of so many deaths was the fact that most of the doors were padlocked shut as the owners didnt want the workers stealing product. They had to pass through essentially 1 door to be inspected before going home. Just remember, if it wasnt for Unions we would still be working 6 days a week for a pittance and under abhorrent conditions. In case we all get a little too comfortable and depend on big business to do the right things.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:56:02 +0000

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