GET ANSWER – The PBS Documentary, Triangle Fire depicts an epic clash between workers who fought for unionization and better working conditions, and bosses who fought equally hard to keep their factories free of unions and regulation. Which of these arguments do you consider most persuasive? What caused public opinion to shift from favoring the factory owners’ arguments to supporting workers’ demands for workplace regulation?
What did Samuel Gompers mean when he said that women had to burn in order to spur government action on labor safety?!