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The Past Is Always Present: Thoughts on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Frances Perkins, and Labor Law Rollbacks
https://thingsinvisible.substack.com/p/the-past-is-always-presentHow appalled Frances Perkins would be to see Republicans rolling back the labor laws she fought so hard for. Having researched her and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire recently, I had to make the connection. #ChildLabor #LaborLaws #FrancesPerkins #TriangleFire
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My friend Frank Cocozzelli is the grandson, nephew, and son-in-law of women who did sweatshop work.
On the 112th anniversary of the horrendous Triangle Fire in which 147 people, mostly young Italian and Jewish women, died, he writes,
"It was a direct result of what we now call economic libertarianism, the philosophy of laissez-faire taken to the point of brutal indifference."