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EVP Rebecca Damon stands with some future female labor leaders at a commemoration of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in Greenwich Village. The fire, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers, was a galvanizing moment for organized labor and workplace safety. Each shirtwaist and sash commemorates one victim of the tragedy.