Join Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition for the virtual commemoration of the 110th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. This tragic event took the lives of 146 mostly young, immigrant women workers in 1911. Outrage over the incident was the impetus for changes in labor and fire safety laws that continue to protect us today. The Triangle dead will be remembered and their memories honored with workers from all over the world demanding workplace safety, fair wages and decent working conditions.
Uniting in honor of the Triangle workers are family members with essential workers at the frontlines of the pandemic, Clara Lemlich’s daughter, women breaking barriers in the trades, and a few surprise faces that will be familiar to people in involved in the fight for social and economic justice. The program will include music, poetry, video presentations, and end with a unique “reading of the names” by 146 essential workers, family members, organizers, actors, artists, writers, labor leaders, teachers, students, and activists from around the world holding the names of the Triangle workers. Every victim will be honored by someone special in our world today demanding #WeRemember the #TriangleFire. http://rememberthetrianglefire.org/
Appearances By:
- Essential workers in health care, nail salons, at Amazon
- Edgar Romney, Secretary Treasurer, Workers United/SEIU
- Roberta Reardon, NYS Commissioner of Labor
- Family members of the Triangle fire victims
- Music by the Resistance Revival Chorus, Rachel Perez and Rosanne Cash
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The Commemoration is disability positive + will be ASL (American Sign Language) interpreted. For additional accommodations, please contact ruth@streetpictures.org up to 72 hours before the event.
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