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Channel Esther: The Triangle Fire
by Esther Cohen
Some stories
we can’t tell enough.
March 25, 1911
(honoring
this story today)
146 people
died, jumping
falling factory on
23-29 Washington Place
NYU now owners locked
the doors
preventing workers
from taking breaks
stealing merchandise
Fire changed
our laws,
starting International
Ladies Garment Workers
(ILGWU) there
are still fires
still people who don’t
understand
how to treat workers
workers make
all we have
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