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Triangle Fire - Coggle Diagram
Triangle Fire
"Workers are cogs in the machine"
Primarily Immigrant families
Similar to farming industry today
Hope for better future
Children required to work
Work for family needs not individual
"City turned their back on workers
Still continues today
Requires Tragedy to make changes
Importance of Unions
Things we take for granted today
Workplace Safety
Single biggest fear of industry
Organized workers
More powerful together
Union busters
Unions accomplish what politicians refuse to do
Power comes from numbers
Numbers grow as the workers stand firm
Courage
Ethics of wealth
Wealth accumulated through the work of others
Wealth = influence
Politicians scared to stand up to wealthy
Police do the bidding of the owners
Police treat the wealthy differently
Media Influence
Keep people in fear to maintain control
Make them dependent
Anne Morgan
Similar to some in Disney family
Changes in Industry
500 Blouse Makers in Manhattan
Has this just moved to other countries?
Do our buying habits contribute to this?
At the mercy of changes in trends
Desperation of woners
Control
Working Conditions
Stress of workers
Control from managment
Long hours and low pay
Forced to pay for material costs
Workers can't afford the products they make
Workers searched
Not Trusted