The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire was so crucial to the advancement of labor law and unions that protected the workforce. This history must be shared widely so that people understand the importance of unions, as well as what happens when all that matters is making money.
People may think a tragedy like this could not happen today in the US, but with labor laws being weakened, along with workplace protections, the safety of workplaces in the US is no longer guaranteed. we have already seen children working in factories again, including meat processing plants where there is a significant risk of injury. If we no longer protect our young people from dangerous workplaces, we will see a further decline in workplace safety. This goes hand in hand with high tech (or other) employers expecting or requiring their salaried workforce to 60-80+ hours a week to meet deadlines as we saw with Elon Musk.
Brings vividly to mind the warning that who forgets history is doomed to repeat it. Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman continue the legacy of Frances Perkins by protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States and the rule of law.🗽⚖️🕊️
I just read that it costs more to ride in one of Waymo’s robotaxis that it does to ride in Uber or Lyft. So human labor is already worth less than machine labor.
There is a stunning symphonic piece composed by Julia Wolfe. A live recorded performance in NYC January 24 2019 is on youtube here, "Julia Wolfe - Fire in My Mouth (2019)",
I've found several links to this on Youtube; in one, the audio is accompanied by video showing the musical score with advancing score pages in sync with the performance, and you can read what the choir is singing. It is incredibly moving. ("Without passports, or anything, we took a boat ...")
Here's a gift link to the NYT review 1/26, with photos of the hall, choir dispersed around the hall.
"Review: With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy"
"...the chorus is made up of 146 women and girls, members of the excellent chamber choir the Crossing (Donald Nally, director) and the impressive Young People’s Chorus of New York City (Francisco J. Núñez, director)."
[Piece is worth mentioning here, sorry for duplication, I think I've posted this in HCR's substack some time ago. I think if Steven Miller were to sit in audience of this 60-minute piece and read each word of the score as it was sung, his head would... spin, or a spell would be cast to reprogram his brain, or so one could imagine.]
Frances Perkins was one of the best blessings of her generation.
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire was so crucial to the advancement of labor law and unions that protected the workforce. This history must be shared widely so that people understand the importance of unions, as well as what happens when all that matters is making money.
People may think a tragedy like this could not happen today in the US, but with labor laws being weakened, along with workplace protections, the safety of workplaces in the US is no longer guaranteed. we have already seen children working in factories again, including meat processing plants where there is a significant risk of injury. If we no longer protect our young people from dangerous workplaces, we will see a further decline in workplace safety. This goes hand in hand with high tech (or other) employers expecting or requiring their salaried workforce to 60-80+ hours a week to meet deadlines as we saw with Elon Musk.
Brings vividly to mind the warning that who forgets history is doomed to repeat it. Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman continue the legacy of Frances Perkins by protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States and the rule of law.🗽⚖️🕊️
I just read that it costs more to ride in one of Waymo’s robotaxis that it does to ride in Uber or Lyft. So human labor is already worth less than machine labor.
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/waymo-rides-cost-more-than-uber-or-lyft-and-people-are-paying-anyway/
There is a stunning symphonic piece composed by Julia Wolfe. A live recorded performance in NYC January 24 2019 is on youtube here, "Julia Wolfe - Fire in My Mouth (2019)",
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BpwFQvLUXI
I've found several links to this on Youtube; in one, the audio is accompanied by video showing the musical score with advancing score pages in sync with the performance, and you can read what the choir is singing. It is incredibly moving. ("Without passports, or anything, we took a boat ...")
Here's a gift link to the NYT review 1/26, with photos of the hall, choir dispersed around the hall.
"Review: With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy"
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/arts/music/review-new-york-philharmonic-julia-wolfe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tVA.cA5h.owa-aWDT08jo&smid=url-share
"...the chorus is made up of 146 women and girls, members of the excellent chamber choir the Crossing (Donald Nally, director) and the impressive Young People’s Chorus of New York City (Francisco J. Núñez, director)."
[Piece is worth mentioning here, sorry for duplication, I think I've posted this in HCR's substack some time ago. I think if Steven Miller were to sit in audience of this 60-minute piece and read each word of the score as it was sung, his head would... spin, or a spell would be cast to reprogram his brain, or so one could imagine.]