According to Wikipedia, as a result of the fire that killed 146 garment workers, "[n]ew laws mandated better building access and egress, fireproofing requirements, the availability of fire extinguishers, the installation of alarm systems and automatic sprinklers, better eating and toilet facilities for workers, and limited the number of hours that women and children could work." Local authorities and global observers are still trying to sort out who's to blame for the collapse of the Rana Plaza
A team of five laborers in Indonesia working in a garment factory divides the task of making men's dress shirts for export to the United States. Each laborer works 10 hours a day, six days a week, and is paid the Indonesian minimum wage of $2.50 per day. In one week, the team can make 500 shirts. The shirts sell for $40 each in the United States. The labor cost for each shirt is $.15.
"The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment workers' Union, which fought for better and safer working conditions for sweatshop workers in that industry" (Wikipedia) The fire occurred due to the poor and unsafe working condition in the factory. The Shirtwaist Factory was located on the Asch Building in Manhattan. The working area was crowded with young workers. There were about 500 workers on the top three floors. On the ninth floor, there were approximately 288 machines and 308 employers.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company made shirtwaist style ladies’ blouses, popularized in an expanding retail market for ‘ready to wear’ clothing. The company, owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, moved in to the top three floors of the new ten story Asch Building at the South end of Manhattan Island in New York. (Hopkinson, 2003)The clothing factory employed close to 500 men, women, and children. The majority were young, female, Jewish or Italian immigrants who worked seventy-two hour work weeks sewing clothes for a measly $1.50 per
Sally Blandenburg Professor Primuth U.S. History 2112 Mon/Wed 2-3:20 November 15, 2012 The Triangle factory fire was a major disaster in 1911 in New York, falling behind the General Slocum fire in 1904, and the World Trade Center in 2001, which sparked legislation to enforce improved safety standards and better working conditions for factories and sweatshops. The factory fire brought up attention that work places should have fire-preventative equipment that the employees could access, such as fire extinguishers, along with more accessible routes for the firemen to access locations where employees might be stuck at if a fire occurred and for the employees who can reach it escape the burning building. The fire also encouraged factories to
In 1971, he conjured up the name Nike. According to the case study, the profits and success that the Nike Corporation has gained has affected hundreds of thousands of workers in other countries that have worked in harsh conditions for very little pay. The case study states that, “Nike is now one of the leading marketers of athletic shoes and apparel on the planet. Nike does not do any manufacturing. Rather, it designs and markets its products, while contracting for their manufacture from a global network of 600 factories scattered around the globe that employ some 650,000 people” (Hill, p. 154).
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company was owned by Max Blanck and Harris Isaac, the factory produced women’s shirts, known as shirtwaists. The company had about five hundred workers, mostly young immigrant women, who worked nine hours a day on weekdays and seven hours on Saturdays only getting $7 to $12 a week. At the end of the day on Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire started around 4:40 PM in a scrap bin under a cutters table in a corner on the 8th floor. The first alarm was sent when a passerby saw smoke coming from the 8th floor at 4:45PM. The doors opened inward and when the girls tried to escape through the doors they couldn’t get them open because the all the girls pushing from behind.
Wal-Mart workers filed 30 counts of unfair labor practice with the National labor Relations Board (NLRB). The representations alleged “widespread and egregious attempts by Wal-Mart to silence e workers who have been calling for a change of course at the company” (Our Wal-Mart files over 30 New Counts of Unfair Labor Practices Against Wal-Mart for Attempts to Silence Associates, 2013). These example show that of a US organizations that still continue to abuse labor practices both within our country as well as internationally. Although at times these companies have faced tarnished images, these businesses continue to reap profits while executives and stock holders swim in the benefits. Some common items that we buy that are made in sweatshops are shoes, clothes, coffee, and
The purpose of this interview: is to find out why the fire fighters broke the down the wall of Mrs. Adam’s house to access the origin of the fire, and to verify how her properties, especially many of her precious antiques were damaged, and how much damages were done on her treasures in the process of their doing that. Finally, try to determine actual liabilities on the fire fighters, finding out if her claims to the fire fighters is valid or how much would be justified the home invasion by the fire fighters. Questions: Location: 1) Can you tell me where your house is situated? Please describe the ambience as to how closely the grocery store is located to your house. Is your house on the roadside?
In 2010, the Haiti National Public Health Laboratory declared a cholera outbreak in Haiti after being notified of a sudden increase in patients with diarrhea and dehydration. (Centers for disease control and prevention) This outbreak was caused by contaminated food or water or an infected person, and lab tests were able to identify the cholera strain. Testing may never fully explain how cholera was introduced into Haiti; and although it is important to understand how infectious agents move to new countries, we may never know the actual origin of this cholera strain. (MSNBC) When responding to an outbreak, the usual intervention strategy is to reduce deaths by ensuring prompt access to treatment, and to