As David Von Drehle, author of Triangle: The Fire That Changed America, has explained, the situation on that day was the perfect storm for tragedy: a clothing factory is inherently full of flammable ...
Part One. Introduction: The fire that changed America. The garment industry and its workers ; Triangle and the "uprising of twenty thousand" ; The Triangle tragedy : grief and outrage ; "The fire that ...
Movements today are a part of a legacy of extraordinary actions taken by ordinary people. Tapping into our own labor history provides us with a blueprint for action in today’s turbulent world. Factory ...