Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Industry Wide Strike

November 1909 organizers met at Cooper-Union to consider________

police, city hall and the establishment

all against labor unions

$2.00

amount of pay received for a day's work

cigarette

caused the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

union

greatest demand of the Triangle shirtwaist factory workers that went unmet

teenagers

half of the workers killed in the fire

private detectives & prostitutes

hired by employers to spy on workers and start fights with strikers

3,000

number of shirts that were expected to be made with electric sewing machines

Manufacturers Association

organized by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris against labor unions

unionization

the largest fear of any employer

14

the number of hours the employees worked

400,000

the number of people who lined the streets of New York to see the Triangle Fire Funeral procession

needles, thread and electricity

things that docked a worker's pay

70

within 48 hours of the Industry Wide Strike more than ___________ of the weakest shops gave into the demands of their workers