How unions succeeded in making your workplace safer in the 100 years since the deadly Triangle Fire

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.seiu.org/2011/03/how-labor-reshaped-buildings-after-triangle.php

How unions succeeded in making your workplace safer in the 100 years since the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

8:51 AM Eastern - March 22, 2011

Infographic: How unions succeeded in making your workplace safer in the 100 years since the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire #default

By Michelle Miller, Graphics: Erik Moe, Research: Bill Borwegen and Eric Furmin


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When a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on March 25, 1911, overcrowded worktables, inadequate and locked fire exits, and narrow escape passageways created a fatal inferno for 146 of the women and girls who worked inside. In the aftermath of the fire, outraged New Yorkers, lead by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (now Workers United) fought for crucial regulations that continue to protect us on the job to this day

HOW MODERN BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN RESHAPED BY LABOR ACTIVISM
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Lots of info and more at the link.

[midnight]

1. K&R

[texastoast]

2. Shame, isn't it?

That you have to make people do things that are just really common sense if you give the slightest damn about a fellow human being.

Maybe if all the big bosses employed their own children in sweat shops with horrible and dangerous working conditions, they might get a grip.

But I doubt the big bosses would be willing to do that.

[MatthewStLouis]

3. It's sad, most people take all these things for granted now. n/t

[Kablooie]

4. Now that you've pointed it out...

I would expect Republicans to start repealing fire safety regulations.

[Patiod]

5. Aren't they attempting to guy OSHA?

Them pesky fire regulations cost MONEY