Please note Mn is a long way from NYC. After 100 years, the pain is still felt like it was yesterday.
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4795By Steve Share, Labor Review editor
4 March 2011
MINNEAPOLIS - This spring across the United States, commemorative events will mark the 100th anniversary of one of America’s worst industrial tragedies: the March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City.
Women fell to their deaths as they tried to escape the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory, where the exits were locked.
he fire claimed the lives of 146 workers, mostly Jewish and Italian immigrant women. Here in the Twin Cities, Jewish Community Action, together with a range of historical, educational, labor, immigrant rights, and social justice organizations, will mark the anniversary with a series of events in March, April and May. The series will examine the legacy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and make connections with contemporary labor and workplace safety issues.
The series is being organized by Jewish Community Action, with community sponsorship from organizations including the Minnesota AFL- CIO, AFSCME Council 5, ISAIAH, UFCW Local 789, UNITE-HERE Local 17 and others.
Events include:
Sunday, March 6, 3 p.m., film screening on the fire and panel discussion, John B. Davis Auditorium at Macalester College, St. Paul. Panelists include Hy Berman, historian; Liban Ali, UNITE-HERE Local 17; representatives from Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL) and others.
Sunday, March 27, 1:30 p.m., Jewish Community Action’s 9th Annual Immigrant Freedom Seder, Mount Zion Temple, St. Paul. A Passover Seder commemorating the Fire and highlighting on-going immigrant and worker issues. Led by Rabbi Amy Eilberg and featuring stories from past and present immigrant groups. RSVP by March 18 to Jewish Community Action, 651-632-2184.
FULL story at link.