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Progressive Era timeline - windsor-csd.org
www.windsor-csd.orgTriangle Shirtwaist Company fire The deaths of one hundred forty-six workers in a fire at New York City’s Triangle Shirtwaist Company raise awareness of urban work environments and spur reform efforts. The factory’s sweatshop conditions included overcrowding, blocked exits, and flimsy fire escapes. May 15, 1911 Antitrust suit
Chapter 18 The Progressive Era, 1900-1916
srnteach.usfactory, killing nearly 150 young female immigrant workers. As authorities investigated the fire, they discovered that working conditions in the factory had been unhealthy and unsafe. But the Triangle Shirtwaist Company was no better or worse than most factories of the era and the tragic fire there came to symbolize for a generation of
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Department of Labor
dol.ny.govIn 1968, after an explosion at Consol No. 9 coal mine trapped and killed 78 miners, the coal miners in West Virginia went on strike, shut down the mines, demanding stronger safety and health protections. This action led to the passage of the Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969, followed the next year by enactment of the