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Triangle Fire Family Descendants Speak Out 100 Years After The Fire | |
Date | Wednesday March 30 |
Time | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
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Location Details | |
Redstone Building Rm 302 2926 16th St San Francisco, CA |
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Event Type | Panel Discussion |
Organizer/Author | LaborFest |
Triangle Fire Family Descendants Speak Out 100 Years After The Fire
March 30 (Wednesday) 7:00 PM (Donation Requested) Triangle Fire Family Descendants Speak Out 100 Years After The Fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City was the largest industrial catastrophe in US history to that point. The deaths of 146 mostly immigrant Jewish and Italian women garment workers shook not only New York but the US. It took place at the same time of a massive union organizing drive that included the issue of health and safety protection for garment workers. In Northern California, there are descendant's of the fire and at this forum they will speak about how the Triangle Fire impacted on their lives and their families and what it means today for the American people. Panelists: Eileen Nevitt, Granddaughter of Triangle Fire garment worker Steve Rosen, Grandson of Triangle Fire garment worker Michel Pred, relative of Triangle Fire garment worker Elise Kline, Granddaughter of Triangle Fire garment worker And others With Yiddish Labor Songs by Hali Hammer At: The Redstone Building Rm 302 - 2926 16th St/ Between Mission and South Van Ness San Francisco Sponsored by LaborFest http://www.laborfest.net & The Living Wage Coalition http://www.laborfest.net/TriangleFire/schedule.htm Photo by Elaine Gin Louie
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Added to the calendar on Monday Mar 28th, 2011 12:16 PM
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Grandchildren and relatives of Triangle Fire garment workers and union activists will be speaking 100 years after the fire.
Triangle Fire Family Descendants Speak Out 100 Years After The Fire
http://www.laborfest.net/TriangleFire/schedule.htm
March 30 (Wednesday) 7:00 PM (Donation Requested)
Triangle Fire Family Descendants Speak Out 100 Years After The Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City was the largest industrial catastrophe in US history to that point. The deaths of 146 mostly immigrant Jewish and Italian women garment workers shook not only New York but the US. It took place at the same time of a massive union organizing drive that included the issue of health and safety protection for garment workers.
In Northern California, there are descendant's of the fire and at this forum they will speak about how the Triangle Fire impacted on their lives and their families and what it means today for the American people.
Panelists:
Eileen Nevitt, Granddaughter of Triangle Fire garment worker
Steve Rosen, Grandson of Triangle Fire garment worker
Michel Pred, relative of Triangle Fire garment worker
Elise Kline, Granddaughter of Triangle Fire garment worker
And others
With Yiddish Labor Songs by Hali Hammer
At: The Redstone Building Rm 302 - 2926 16th St/ Between Mission and South Van Ness
San Francisco
Sponsored by LaborFest http://www.laborfest.net
& The Living Wage Coalition
http://www.laborfest.net/TriangleFire/schedule.htm
Triangle Fire Family Descendants Speak Out 100 Years After The Fire
http://www.laborfest.net/TriangleFire/schedule.htm
March 30 (Wednesday) 7:00 PM (Donation Requested)
Triangle Fire Family Descendants Speak Out 100 Years After The Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City was the largest industrial catastrophe in US history to that point. The deaths of 146 mostly immigrant Jewish and Italian women garment workers shook not only New York but the US. It took place at the same time of a massive union organizing drive that included the issue of health and safety protection for garment workers.
In Northern California, there are descendant's of the fire and at this forum they will speak about how the Triangle Fire impacted on their lives and their families and what it means today for the American people.
Panelists:
Eileen Nevitt, Granddaughter of Triangle Fire garment worker
Steve Rosen, Grandson of Triangle Fire garment worker
Michel Pred, relative of Triangle Fire garment worker
Elise Kline, Granddaughter of Triangle Fire garment worker
And others
With Yiddish Labor Songs by Hali Hammer
At: The Redstone Building Rm 302 - 2926 16th St/ Between Mission and South Van Ness
San Francisco
Sponsored by LaborFest http://www.laborfest.net
& The Living Wage Coalition
http://www.laborfest.net/TriangleFire/schedule.htm
Grandchildren of Triangle Fire garment workers and Organizer Clara Lemlich attended an event on March 26, 2011 in conjunction with an art exhibit.
Bay area labor artist and historian Lincoln Cushing produced a labor poster in commemoration of the 1911 Triangle Fire.
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