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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Department of Labor
The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and HealthCommemorates the Centennial of theTriangle Shirtwaist Factory FireMarch 25, 1911 March 25, 2011 The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 garment workers, most of them young immigrant women, on March 25, 1911, in New York City. It was a critical event in the history of the Labor movement, the New Deal, the development of occupational safety and health standards, and the New York City Fire Department . The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and health (NYCOSH) decided to commemorate the centennial of the fire by asking a few dozen Labor leaders; federal, state and city officials; academic researchers, professors and authors; elected representatives; health and safety activists; and immigrant rights advocates to write their views of the legacy of the fire.
Public Health Association and Chief Medical Officer for the Cook County Department of Public Health as We mark this important anniversary it is natural to contemplate how far we have come in the past century. We mark a day when 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, died needlessly in this horrific fire. In 1911 the struggle for the right
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