Triangle shirtwaist fire
Jaxon Sidden

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• Somewhere within 18 minutes 146 people out of 500 people died in the fire.
• This incident had great significance still up to this day because it
• showed the inhumane working conditions to the world.
• With the cloakmakers' in 1910 a historic agreement was reached,
• it established a system in the garment industry.

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• Ninety-eight of Los Angeles factories have serious health and
• safety problems that can lead to severe injuries or death.
• In studies by the U.S. Department of Labor found that 67% of
• Los Angeles garment factories and 63% of New York garment
• factories had violate minimum wage.

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• Protests after the fire led New York State to revamp
• laws increase the number of fire inspectors and write new
• fire safety codes.

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• The legacy of the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire can't be appreciated
• without taking into account the great significance in the tragedy.
• This incident had great significance still up to this day because
• it showed the inhumane working conditions to the world.

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• Three years after the fire on March 11, 1914, 23
• People sued the owner of the Triangle shirtwaist building,
• The average was $75 per person that died.
• Today there are still sweatshops in the United States,
• they keep bringing in workers in need of employment.