Reply #22: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was...

[rasputin1952]

one of the foulest examples of corporate hostility ever seen. But those that were never seen were far worse.

At the TSwFactory, the doors were chained from the inside. The women were not allowedd to use restroom fascilities until there was a 'walker' to relieve them so production wouldn't suffer. If you were sick, you showed up for work, and if you died on the job, tough luck.

These things came out during the investigtion and trial against the owners; and they were accepted practices in the US.

Here is another tidbit from that era, it was 9 more years before women were given the right to suffrage!.

I am an old Union Man, I will always be for the worker, the producer of the goods. I've been called a Commie, a Socialist and a whole fist full of other names. But without those brothers and sisters that went before us, we'd still be working for pennies, at 80 hour weeks, with no vacation, healthcare or pensions. We NEED to remind people of the power that is within the people to advance the lives of all of the people; without that, we've lost the battle.