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Shuan Pai

Triangle Factory Fire - 1 views

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    website regarding the triangle shirtwaist factory fire in 1911
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    Thanks for the link. Very interesting. It is sad that some simple precautions and changes could have changed these outcomes significantly.
Katherine Chipman

The Story of the Triangle Fire: Part 3 - 0 views

  • Many of the Triangle factory workers were women, some as young as 15 years old. They were, for the most part, recent Italian and European Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States with their families to seek a better life. Instead, they faced lives of grinding poverty and horrifying working conditions.
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    It is so sad to see that the freedom that people come to America hoping to find sometimes instead turns out to be worse than what they may have left behind.
Brian Earley

Life's Lessons Learned - 0 views

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      Thoreau put his priorities on understanding himself.  We must make our priorities and work diligently for them.
  • I have known many great men and women.
  • they all have this in common: they work diligently and persistently towards achieving their goals
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  • “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,” wrote Henry David Thoreau, “and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”1     UAdd a Note In other words, never take your eye off the ball.
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    I love this football story, but it emphasizes following simple principles in a complex system.  "Keep your eye on the . . ." We each decide what fills the blank.  Let's see our dreams and advance confidently in that direction.
Katherine Chipman

The Story of the Triangle Fire: Part 2 - 0 views

  • Even today, sweatshops have not disappeared in the United States. They keep attracting workers in desperate need of employment and illegal immigrants, who may be anxious to avoid involvement with governmental agencies. Recent studies conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor found that 67% of Los Angeles garment factories and 63% of New York garment factories violate minimum wage and overtime laws. Ninety-eight percent of Los Angeles garment factories have workplace health and safety problems serious enough to lead to severe injuries or death.
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    Yikes! Horrible working conditions are not completely gone from even our society today.
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