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Thursday, March 24, 2011

A Somber Centennial For The Triangle Factory Fire

Click here to read & listen. A Somber Centennial For The Triangle Factory Fire by Jon Kalish
Young laborers: Most of the garment workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory were young, immigrant women. On March 25, 1911, the New York City building caught fire, and 146 workers lost their lives in one the country's worst workplace tragedies. 






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