Rep. Mark Pocan @RepMarkPocan
110 years ago today, 146 workers—a majority of which were immigrant women & girls—were killed in a fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. The company had locked the doors to exits so workers couldn't take breaks. It was unions that fought back for better worker protections. — PolitiTweet.org
New-York Historical Society @NYHistory
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire? #OnThisDay in 1911 The Triangle Shirtwaist factory burst into flames—killi… https://t.co/M9OjdN2Qzn