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Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movement
Associated Press via AOL· 8 months agoIf people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist...
A blaze that sparked a movement: New Yorkers remember workers who died in 1911′s Triangle Shirtwaist...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDescendants of workers who perished 112 years ago in one of the city’s worst fires gathered at the site on Friday to remember the victims of a blaze now credited for sparking a labor reform ...
Radio history was made in Binghamton and one landmark still stands
Press Connects | Press & Sun-Bulletin via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was 1913, the year of the Binghamton Clothing Company Fire, and the year after the Triangle...
In 1971, 29 people died in an explosion in Georgia. 52 years later, their story is being told
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJust after 10:53 a.m. on Feb. 3, 1971, the ground trembled in the small city of Woodbine, Georgia....
The Youngest Survivor Of The Titanic, The Real-Life Inspiration For The Rosie The Riveter Poster,...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere's truly nothing more inspiring than hearing the stories about incredible women who broke...
People Are Sharing The Wildest Reasons They've Gotten In Trouble At Work, And Some Of Them Are...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf you've been in the workforce for more than a hot second, you probably know how terrible it feels...
In Honor of Labor Day, 10 Most Influential Women Union Heroes in History
Parade via AOL· 9 months agolabor-day-women-history-jpg Dolores Huerta speaking. Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Labor Day...
The Revolutionary Power of Girl Talk
Time via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPortrait of Portuguese mill girls in Lowell, Massachusetts. Credit - Library of Congress It started like most revolutions do: with gossip. It was 1836,...
'The day that shook Georgia': Residents of Woodbine remember Thiokol explosion 53 years later
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFifty-three years ago, the ground quaked in Woodbine, Georgia. The sound was unmistakable and the...
Labor Day: How are unions faring post-pandemic?
Gloucester Daily Times, Mass. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 26—In a working world dramatically reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic hardships imposed on many people, it would seem conditions are ripe for employee unions to make a resurgence ...