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The #ILGWU was formed on this day in 1900. Lasting until the 1990s when the union merged with ACTWU to form UNITE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ladies_Garment_Workers_Union
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City caught fire on this day 114 years ago, causing the deaths of 146 garment workers -- mostly young immigrant women, of Jewish and Italian heritage, who jumped from the 9th and 10th floors because the fire department's ladders weren’t long enough to reach them. Factory owners had locked doors to stairwells and exits to keep out union organizers and prevent workers from taking breaks and stealing fabric.
An era of great wealth and urban squalor, underpaid, overworked employees, along with overcrowded and unsafe working conditions, add to that state legislators whose votes were bought by industrial magnates. The president of New York’s Real Estate Board warned AGAINST improving safety standards. "The experience of the past proves conclusively that the best government is the least possible government,” he argued (ie: small government). The Board predicted safety laws would drive "manufacturers out of the City and State of New York" (drying up the pipeline that fed the graft and corruption.)
But, safety standards were established, and the International Ladies Garment Worker's Union (ILGWU) became powerful enough to protect workers against the worst forms of exploitation.
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Today is the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire that killed 146 garment workers.
This led me to look at ReadThePlaque. I found three plaques which give three very different perspectives of the events around it
https://readtheplaque.com/plaque/triangle-shirtwaist-factory#gsc.tab=0#TriangleShirtwaist #ILGWU #History
Notable in these times when history is contested. As far as I know, all 3 of them are factually accurate, but they present and emphasize different facts.
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City caught fire on this day 114 years ago, causing the deaths of 146 garment workers -- mostly young immigrant women, of Jewish and Italian heritage, who jumped from the 9th and 10th floors because the fire department's ladders weren’t long enough to reach them. Factory owners had locked doors to stairwells and exits to keep out union organizers and prevent workers from taking breaks and stealing fabric.
An era of great wealth and urban squalor, underpaid, overworked employees, along with overcrowded and unsafe working conditions, add to that state legislators whose votes were bought by industrial magnates. The president of New York’s Real Estate Board warned AGAINST improving safety standards. "The experience of the past proves conclusively that the best government is the least possible government,” he argued (ie: small government). The Board predicted safety laws would drive "manufacturers out of the City and State of New York" (drying up the pipeline that fed the graft and corruption.)
But, safety standards were established, and the International Ladies Garment Worker's Union (ILGWU) became powerful enough to protect workers against the worst forms of exploitation.
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#Unions #UnionYes #BlastFromThePast
#ILGWUHow old am I? I knew this by heart even today.
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How Regulation Came to Be: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (19th in series)
Just east of Washington Square Park in downtown Manhattan is the building that once housed the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. It’s now part of NYU. All that remains is a plaque.
#HowRegulationCameToBe #Regulation #History #Manhattan #TriangeShirtwaistFire #ILGWU #AFL #SamuelGompers #HiredThugs #AutomaticSprinkers #FireEscapes #FireExtinguishers #FrancesPerkins #WashingtonSquare
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Wann und warum begannen Gewerkschaften mit dem Unterzeichnen von Tarifverträgen?
Robin J. Cartwright erkundet die historischen Ursprünge des Tarifvertragwesens in den Vereinigten Staaten – dem vorherrschenden Modell des Gewerkschaftswesens, in dem Arbeiter und Arbeitgeber einen Vertrag aushandeln. Man beachte besonders, wie die Arbeitgeber selbst nach dem Tarifvertragssystem strebten um die Gewerkschaften zu zähmen und die Gewerkschaftsführer zum Zurückhalten von Streiks brachten.
https://direkteaktion.org/wann-und-warum-begannen-gewerkschaften-mit-dem-unterzeichnen-von-tarifvertraegen/ https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-255c-9aad-bc42-7bd351397751
