A commemoration Tuesday to the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory — which killed 146 workers, transformed the American labor movement, inspired modern building codes and brought about ...

On March 25, 1911, 146 workers perished when a fire broke out in a garment factory in New York City. For 90 years, it stood as New York's deadliest workplace disaster. Bettmann/CORBIS On March 25, ...

Union representatives, New Yorkers, and family members of the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire gathered outside the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory memorial on the corner of Washington ...

Next week marks the 114th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City, a tragedy that claimed the lives of 146 garment workers, primarily women and girls as young as 14 years ...

As calls for immigrants’ rights reverberate throughout the country these days, an upcoming anniversary can serve as a reminder of the consequences for impoverished, immigrant workers when their lives ...

Movements today are a part of a legacy of extraordinary actions taken by ordinary people. Tapping into our own labor history provides us with a blueprint for action in today’s turbulent world. Factory ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. The Consumerist has a fascinating post asking whether we’ve really eliminated our Triangle Shirtwaist Factory disasters or if ...

NEW YORK (WCSC) — A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City became one of America’s worst industrial disasters, killing 146 people in less than half an hour. Flames raced through the ...

It's very near the 100 year anniversary of an important event you've forgotten the details about--or maybe never even knew happened. But, a century after New York's Triangle Shirtwaist fire on March ...

Fire fighters search for bodies which might have fallen through a glass sky light in the sidewalk after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911 in New York, New York. March 25, 2011 is ...