by | Mar 25, 2011 | Towing
A century after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire claimed the lives of 146 seamstresses in New York, worker protections are eroding around the world. As government and corporate interests from Bangladesh to Wisconsin wage war on the rights of labor, have the lessons of the Triangle disaster been forgotten?
Continue reading 100 Years After the Triangle Fire: Are Labor Rights Moving Backward?
100 Years After the Triangle Fire: Are Labor Rights Moving Backward? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:30:00.
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