Today's Bangladeshi dead and injured are the equivalent of those unprotected American miners, railroad workers and mill hands of a hundred years ago.
This week, I was joined in the studio by NYC Comptroller and newly declared mayoral candidate John C. Liu. Topics include the controversial "stop & frisk," housing and LGBT politics.
A fire swept through a sweatshop in Bangladesh on Nov. 24, killing at least 112 people, nearly half of whom were unidentifiable and buried in a mass grave. The sweatshop, which produced brand-name garments for major retail outlets such as Walmart and Sears, has been described as a deathtrap.
Can a film about an immigrant father struggling to start a gardening business be a defining work of 2011? Yes. Who was best at amplifying workers' voi...
With the aid of technology, students from around the country were able to join kids from New York City area schools in a Teen News Conference with the five finalists for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature.
In many parts of the world, it may be 2011, but at Walmart, it's still 1911. The fire that consumed those 146 girls' lives is in this respect still burning -- only now it has become a global fire.
One hundred years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, Republican leaders are leveraging an anti-labor movement to roll back many rights workers' fought for in the early 20th century.
We are still saddened today at the senseless loss of life in the Triangle fire. We are still galvanized by the call for workers' rights in its aftermath. But I'm also struck by those who refuse to learn the lessons this tragedy can teach us.
NEW YORK -- The centennial commemoration of the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire became a rally for organized labor Friday, as hundreds marched and vo...
The lessons of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire have been lost on many of my colleagues in government. In Wisconsin, we are seeing a radical assault on employee protections.
The Triangle fire was an influential event in the history of journalism. Publications across the country united in defense of the defenseless as muckrakers advocated for social change.
The sad irony on this centennial of the Triangle tragedy is that the abusive conditions, poverty wages and shoddy garment industry safety practices that unions and social reformers decried in 1911 have not been eliminated.
One hundred years ago today, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire killed 175 people who were either trapped or leapt to their death to escape the flames. The ...
With the exception of September 11, 2001, no disaster has ever traumatized New York more than the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 25, 1911 -- 100 years ago this weekend.
NEW YORK -- It was a warm spring Saturday when dozens of immigrant girls and women leapt to their deaths – some with their clothes on fire, some...
The Environmental Protection Agency's new mercury and air toxics rule doesn't require that power plants emit floral-scented perfumes, but just that the lowest acceptable levels be a little higher.
Despite the forces of sexism, exploitation, harassment, and unequal pay, women can reflect proudly this International Women's Day, and rally around women and their successes.
We celebrate Women's History Month with this selection of photographs, and observe the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a seminal event in women's labor history.
If you are a member of a union (especially if you're an officer or hold other clout with your union), urge them to extend an invitation to the San Francisco Mime Troupe to perform POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker.
