Jo Ann Harris
Sep 5, 2018 · 4 min read

The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU), which fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers.

Why does a disaster have to occur before legislation is passed for safety when it was known to be unsafe? It was a fireproof building — from the outside not the inside.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was in the Asch Building on the northwest corner of Greene Street and Washington Place, just east of Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory…

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Jo Ann Harris

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Love writing about my personal ideas and helping others. Writer for Dead Poets Live, Creative Humans and Poems from the Heart. Now two poetry books on Kindle!!!

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