100th Anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

[L. Coyote]

Run time: 02:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZPXzP4nXWY   Posted on YouTube: March 23, 2011 By YouTube Member: AFLCIONow Views on YouTube: 199   Posted on DU: March 25, 2011 By DU Member: L. Coyote Views on DU: 622

 
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire on March 25, 2011, Ai-Jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, discusses the importance of protecting and not marginalizing our domestic workers today.

On March 25, 1911, 146 workers were killed - most were young immigrant women who jumped to their deaths from the 10-story Triangle Shirtwaist factory to escape the fire because they were locked inside.

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[onager]

1. HBO centennial documentary now playing

I saw it last night. Very moving.

As one labor organizer said on camera: "You want to see what a totally unregulated marketplace looks like? It looks like this."

(If you have HBO On Demand, you can watch it anytime at HBO On Demand/Documentaries/Short Films. It's about 45 minutes and shoulda been longer.)

http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/triangle-remembering-the-fire/index.html

[FailureToCommunicate]

2. Also more on this thread...

link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=566526&mesg_id=566526



thanks, Coyote, for posting this

[Capt. America]

3. My boss Hilda Solis, will be giving commencement speech at the 100 ann.