So, it will be the 100th anniversary of the triangle shirtwaist factory fire this year

[HEyHEY]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire

So, within one hundred years things got better for workers rights and government responsibility and it's already all going to shit. Yikes. Evolution is a slow process.

[Raine]

1. THANKS for posting this reminder of

a horrible tragedy. People should be reminded, I think what is going on is de-evolution. :-(

[Luminous Animal]

2. And U.S. citizens blindly gobble up crap produced by our fellow human beings

working under similar and worse conditions. The reason why it is worse here is because we turn a blinds eye to how horrible it is there.

[Shallah Kali]

3. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire documentary segment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4j04-FeO3s



December 21, 2010

Fighting Back for Workers' Rights
http://www.thenation.com/article/157244/fighting-back-workers-rights?page=full

As we rush around for last-minute holiday shopping, we shouldn't forget the sacrifices made by workers who make the products we buy. Just last week, young garment workers in Ashulia, Bangladesh jumped from windows on the 10th and 11th floors when a fire overtook the Ha-Meem factory. At least 25 workers were killed on the job, where they were sewing clothes for familiar brand names and stores like the Gap, Wrangler, JC Penny, Sears, Target and Abercrombie and Fitch.

As reported in the press, workers were forced to jump because the gates at the staircase and entrance were locked.

[HEyHEY]

6. Yup, but you know north americans, if it ain't white folks dying, they don't care

[Sherman A1]

4. K&R

Thanks for posting.

[DCKit]

5. I'm thinking our Republicon overlords will be up for a live re-enactment. nt