Earlier this month, the city of New York unveiled a memorial to the lives lost in the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. One of the deadliest workplace disasters in U.S. history, the fire was a turning point for the labor movement and spurred improved safety measures for workers. | American Experience | PBS

#OnThisDay in 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City caught fire and 146 workers died, mostly women and immigrants. This weekend on "Reel America" watch "With These Hands" (1950) - an International Ladies Garment Workers Union film which was nominated for a documentary Academy Award and includes a dramatization of the industrial disaster. https://www.c-span.org/video/?509984-1/with-hands | American History TV

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1.8K views · 109 reactions | On April 5, 1911, 400,000 New Yorkers gathered to pay tribute to the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: the deadliest workplace accident in the city's history. | American Experience | PBS | Facebook