Labor/Employment,
Government
Mar. 26, 2011
Triangle Shirtwaist Co. Fire 100 Years Later: Government Can Be the Solution
A fire that killed 146 employees in 1911 reminds us that government involvement isn't always a bad thing.
Eric B. Kingsley
Partner, Kingsley & Kingsley APC
Labor & Employment
16133 Ventura Blvd #1200
Encino , CA 91436
Phone: (818) 990-8300
Fax: (818) 990-2903
Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.
March 25, 1911, was a turning point in the history of the American labor movement. On that day, a fire broke out on the eighth and ninth floors of a garment factory in New York City, claiming the lives of 146 people. The victims of the fire were mostly young female Jewish and Italian immigrants who lived and worked on the lower east side of Manhattan. Lack of government oversight was prevalent in the garment industry where mass quantities of ready to wear garments were produced for the Uni...
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