Sorry Fire Story, Manhatten NYC, 1911.
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history.[1] The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and girls and 23 men[2] – who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims were recent Italian or Jewishimmigrant women and girls aged 14 to 23;[3][4] of the victims whose ages are known, the oldest victim was 43-year-old Providenza Panno, and the youngest were 14-year-olds Kate Leone and Rosaria "Sara" Maltese.[5]
Provoked and defined next steps in USA labour movement and workplace safety.
Sorry Fire Story, NYC, 1911
Now you Girls
Don’t even think
Of leaving before the
Buzzers at half past.
All exits have been locked.
No goddamm Union Lads
Will get a footstep
Upon our square footage.
To agitate and complain.
Not like last year’s schmozzle.
Eighth, ninth and tenth
Floors, ours and hard built.
Machined with the best.
You gotta be thankful
For these jobs.
Back in Europe you
Know you would have
Been up against awful
Odds for fair play
Hours,
Piece work options.
Blood work is a liability.
Jews, Italians, Poles.
Denied stuff at every turn.
But we here at
Triangle Shirtwaist Co.
Do our best.
We really do.
And you benefit handsomely.
We teach you about conveyors
Pinch points, evacuation routines
Long hair netted.
Proper safety ware.
Keeping aisleways open
And clean and dry.
Prudent eye protection.
Yessirree.
Soon you will receive two weeks’
Paycheques.
Get ready to line up and punch.
Anybody smell fire?
No, seriously…
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Written on May 30, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 30, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on May 30, 2023
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