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The owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks.
The owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks.
the owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks
no proper fire escape , panic and large piles of material which were an excellerant.
The owners had locked doors to control workers' breaks.
In 1911, there was a factory that made shirtwaists in New York City. A shirtwaist was a kind of woman's blouse. The name of the company was the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, so their factory was called the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. In March 1911, there was a disastrous fire in the factory and 146 employees, most young women, died in the fire or jumped to their deaths to avoid the fire. That factory fire came to be called the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire or the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
The owners had locked the doors to control workerss' breaks
The Triangle Shirtwaist fire took place in New York City, NY on March 25th of 1911. 146 garment workers died either from the fire or from jumping to their deaths. The building itself has now been dedicated as a historical landmark.
141 people died in the Triange Shirtwaist Company factory fire, 125 of which were mere girls. The deaths were caused by the locked exit stairways.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.
The ILGWU had already been in existence, but attention was focused on the demands of workers by the fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, where more than 100 young women died, either in the fire or by jumping to the deaths.
The public was shocked and outraged by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. It resulted in the deaths of 146 garment workers, most of whom were young immigrant women. This tragedy shed light on the terrible working conditions and lack of safety regulations in the garment industry, leading to widespread public demand for workplace reforms and stronger labor protections.