Posts March 22, 2024
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City’s’s Greenwich Village on March 25, 1911, was one of the worst workplace disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The fire took the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers. It also galvanized a reform movement to raise standards for workers.
Posts March 22, 2023
March 25, 2023, is the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York’s Greenwich Village. This tragedy took the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers and galvanized a reform movement to raise standards for workers.
Posts March 25, 2022
March 25, 2022, is the 111th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York’s Greenwich Village. This tragedy took the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers and galvanized a reform movement to raise standards for workers. Most years, UNITE HERE staff and members gather at the union headquarters in New York to […]
Press Releases June 24, 2010
TORONTO– As of 6:30 am this morning, hotel workers at the Novotel Toronto Centre have gone on strike just as members of the G20 French delegation arrive at the hotel, which is run by the French company Accor. “We’re a small group of workers who are just trying to maintain decent jobs with this global […]
Pages May 7, 2014
March 25, 1911… The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City’s’s Greenwich Village was one of the worst workplace disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The fire took the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers. It also galvanized a reform movement to raise standards for workers. “It is by remembering our […]
Press Releases November 18, 2009
Hotel workers at the Westin St. Francis walked off the job this morning, announcing the third three-day strike at a San Francisco hotel in as many weeks. Approximately 650 workers are participating in the strike, which began at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday, and will last until the first shift on Saturday morning. Today’s work stoppage comes […]
Posts May 27, 2015
As the City of Los Angeles moves to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, it is also cracking down on one company that it says has failed to comply with an existing city living wage. In a letter to Flying Food Group CEO David Cotton, the City advises that 271 employees at the company’s Imperial […]
Press Releases July 22, 2013
LAS VEGAS (BUSINESS WIRE) The French Sports Ministry, which is headed by Valérie Fourneyron, reconfirmed recently the country’s ban on mixed martial arts ("MMA"), stalling for now hopes that UFC-style cage fighting events will become legal in France. Responding to a question from a Deputy of the National Assembly, the Sports Ministry stated on July […]
Press Releases November 19, 2015
Annapolis — Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot and State Treasurer Nancy Kopp yesterday during a meeting of the Board of Public Works called on the Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) to issue a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) for the food and retail concessions program at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in 2017. The MAA has the opportunity […]
Posts March 25, 2015
March 25, 2015, is the 104th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York’s Greenwich Village. This tragedy took the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers and galvanized a reform movement to raise standards for workers.