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SF Report On NYC Organizing For The Triangle Fire 100th Anniversary Commemoration | |
Date | Sunday November 14 |
Time | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
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Location Details | |
522 Valencia St/3rd Floor San Francisco, CA |
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Event Type | Panel Discussion |
Organizer/Author | LaborFest |
11/14 SF Report On NYC Organizing For The Triangle Fire 100th Anniversary Commemoration
LaborFest Invites to hear from Mary Anne A. Trasciatti wrote Co-chair of the Triangle Memorial Committee Sunday, November 14, 2010 2:00 PM 522 Valencia St./16th St. San Francisco Plans are moving ahead for Triangle Fire Commemoration events around the country. Mary Anne A. Trasciatti who is the Co-chair of the Triangle Memorial Committee is coming to San Francisco in November and will make a report on the organizing work in New York City and how we can develop events on the West Coast. Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition +1.917.449.1990 ruth [at] rememberthetrianglefire.org c/o Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 East 11th Street NY, NY 10003 http://www.rememberthetrianglefire.org http://www.facebook.com/trianglefirecoalition The San Francisco Labor Council has also endorsed a national tour of the SF Mime Troupe to help commemorate this important anniversary and the connection between the struggle of Jewish immigrant garment workers in 1911 and immigrant workers and all workers today has great relevance. Please join us with to hear about organizing events in New York and to strategize about events here on the West Coast. The LaborFest organizing committee has voted to support and help organize events in San Francisco around this commemoration in March 2010. Please attend the meeting. Sunday, November 14, 2010 2:00 PM 522 Valencia St. San Francisco For more information call LaborFest (415)642-8066 laborfest(at)laborfest.net http://www.laborfest.net SFLC Endorses National Tour Of SF Mime Troupe In Conjunction With Commemoration Of Triangle Fire http://sflaborcouncil.org/sites/labor/uploads/09-27-10ResSptSFMimeTroupe.pdf Resolution to Support San Francisco Mime Troupe National Tour in Conjunction with 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Fire Whereas, 2011 will be the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Fire in New York City which killed dozens of mostly women garment workers who were locked in their building and could not escape the fire; and Whereas, in conjunction with this commemoration the San Francisco Mime Troupe http://www.sfmt.org which is an Tony award winning Equity union theatrical group is proposing a national tour of the United States in conjunction with this historic event; and Whereas, this years San Francisco Mime Troupe play “Posibilidad, or Death of the Worker” is about the struggle of garment workers in the US and Argentina; and Whereas, The importance to commemorate this event and to educate workers today in America about labor’s history of struggle for workers rights and health and safety on the 100th anniversary is critical; and Whereas, the issues of 100 years ago are still relevant to workers in the United States today who face attacks on their jobs and health and safety rights, Therefore be it Resolved the San Francisco Labor Council endorses the national Triangle Fire Commemoration Tour of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and encourages trade unions and all unions to contribute and support this tour to make it a success. Submitted by David Williams, SEIU 1021, and adopted unanimously by the San Francisco Labor Council on September 27, 2010. Respectfully, Tim Paulson Executive Director OPEIU 3 AFL-CIO 11
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§Workers Protest Deaths At Triangle Fire

The 1911 Triangle Fire brought a mass labor protest against the working conditions of garment workers in the US.
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