Question

What happened at theTriangle Shirtwaist Company, a sweatshop in New York City in 1911? How did this event help workers in New York?

Answer 1

The Triangle Shirtwaist Company’s factory in New York City got burnt on March 25, 1911.  The incident led to the death of 145 workers. The deaths were thought to have been mostly preventable if proper safety measure were in place at the factory, also there were many locked doors in the factory at the time of the fire incident. This occurrence brought to the fore the prevalent sweatshop conditions in many factories at that time and brought about the enactment of laws and the putting in place of regulations to ensure workers safety.