The Causes Of The Triangle, By David Von Drehle
Triangle is a title of a book that was authored by a journalist David von Drehle in 2003. In his book, David Von Drehle wrote about the fire at Triangle company in March 1911 which left 146 workers dead most of the perished being young immigrant women (Otfinoski, 2014). The fire that broke in Triangle shirtwaist factory consumed upper three stories of the company consuming employees who were preparing to leave within minutes. David Von Drehle works for The Washington Post as a journalist, and he is also a writer, Drehle stated in his thesis that American workers movement originated from the triangle fire.
The aftermath of the fire was very important as it sparked the progressive movement in the United States (Von Drehle, 2003, pg.12). During the time men dominated America in that it was only them who could vote; own shops and run unions as well as political …show more content…
Von Drehle states that more than a decade or two the Democratic Party converted from being traditional current situation conservatives to be the foremost supporters of the working group democratic movement that changed American politics between 1930 and 1950. Safety of the typical American worker in the place of work was enhanced in the process. Doors that used to inward were converted to open outward instead and sprinklers put in place as required by law. These entire reforms the author attributes it to the Triangle fire. Towards the end of 1909, New York's garment industry was almost closed due to a vast strike (Von, Drehle, 2003, pg.52) headed by a freshly formed Union ILGWU (International Ladies Garment Workers Union) which would affect a lot of manufacturers (Bailey, 2015). Workers demanded were simple and included pay rise, fewer working hours which were
The aftermath of the fire was very important as it sparked the progressive movement in the United States (Von Drehle, 2003, pg.12). During the time men dominated America in that it was only them who could vote; own shops and run unions as well as political …show more content…
Von Drehle states that more than a decade or two the Democratic Party converted from being traditional current situation conservatives to be the foremost supporters of the working group democratic movement that changed American politics between 1930 and 1950. Safety of the typical American worker in the place of work was enhanced in the process. Doors that used to inward were converted to open outward instead and sprinklers put in place as required by law. These entire reforms the author attributes it to the Triangle fire. Towards the end of 1909, New York's garment industry was almost closed due to a vast strike (Von, Drehle, 2003, pg.52) headed by a freshly formed Union ILGWU (International Ladies Garment Workers Union) which would affect a lot of manufacturers (Bailey, 2015). Workers demanded were simple and included pay rise, fewer working hours which were