The Legacy of the Triangle Factory Fire
Printer-friendly version Date of publication: March 21, 2011
Source: Women's Wear Daily
Author: Kristi Ellis and Arthur Friedman
One hundred years after the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, sweatshops haven’t gone away — they’ve just traveled overseas along with the bulk of apparel manufacturing.
However, experts said the industry is making some progress in curtailing egregious abuses in clothing factories in the new era of corporate social responsibility.
A lot has changed in the way the fashion industry does business since that seminal moment in history, which not only led to a raft of new labor laws but also galvanized the labor movement and the public to demand new health and safety, and wage and hour, laws on behalf of tens of thousands of mostly immigrant workers toiling in factories across the nation in the early days of the 20th century....
