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MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History March 25, 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City killed 146 people, mostly immigrant women and young girls who were working in sweatshop conditions. As tragic as this fire was for poor, working class women, over 100 workers died on the job each day in the U.S. in 1911. What was most significant was that this tragedy became a flash point for worker safety and public awareness of sweatshop conditions.</p><p>The Triangle workers had to work from 7:00 am until 8:00 pm, seven days a week. The work was almost non-stop. They got one break per day (30 minutes for lunch). For this they earned only $6.00 per week. In some cases, they had to provide their own needles and thread. Furthermore, the bosses locked the women inside the building to minimize time lost to bathroom breaks.</p><p>A year prior to the fire, 20,000 garment workers walked off the job at 500 clothing factories in New York to protest the deplorable working conditions. They demanded a 20% raise, 52-hour work week and overtime pay. Over 70 smaller companies conceded to the union’s demands within the first 48 hours of the strike. However, the bosses at Triangle formed an employers’ association with the owners of the other large factories. Soon after, strike leaders were arrested. Some were fined. Others were sent to labor camps. They also used armed thugs to beat up and intimidate strikers. By the end of the month, almost all of the smaller factories had conceded to the union. By February, 1910, the strike was finally settled. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TriangleShirtwaistFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TriangleShirtwaistFire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workplacedeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplacedeaths</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sweatshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweatshop</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childlabor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workplacesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplacesafety</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newyork</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Yet more reasons to put NO business Amazon’s way. Quite apart from the fact that if you put another couple of minutes into the task something you have found there can be yours from the supplier for the equivalent or a lower price.</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/amazon_algorithmic_worker_management" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/18/ama</span><span class="invisible">zon_algorithmic_worker_management</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SweatShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SweatShop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DontUseAmazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DontUseAmazon</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>I don’t understand how <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Zara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zara</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Norwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norwich</span></a> hasn’t been closed down. The air conditioning hasn’t worked for ages…it was sweltering when I went t in there a few weeks ago before the current heat wave. Now it’s 37C! </p><p>It’s just cruel to the staff. </p><p>Would a unionised retail workforce force CEOs to put the welfare of staff above profits? </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SweatShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SweatShop</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24474827.staff-shoppers-swelter-37c-heat-chantry-place-zara/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">edp24.co.uk/news/24474827.staf</span><span class="invisible">f-shoppers-swelter-37c-heat-chantry-place-zara/</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History March 25, 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City killed 146 people, mostly immigrant women and young girls who were working in sweatshop conditions. As tragic as this fire was for poor, working class women, over 100 workers died on the job each day in the U.S. in 1911. What was most significant was that this tragedy became a flash point for worker safety and public awareness of sweatshop conditions.</p><p>The Triangle workers had to work from 7:00 am until 8:00 pm, seven days a week. The work was almost non-stop. They got one break per day (30 minutes for lunch). For this they earned only $6.00 per week. In some cases, they had to provide their own needles and thread. Furthermore, the bosses locked the women inside the building to minimize time lost to bathroom breaks.</p><p>A year prior to the fire, 20,000 garment workers walked off the job at 500 clothing factories in New York to protest the deplorable working conditions. They demanded a 20% raise, 52-hour work week and overtime pay. Over 70 smaller companies conceded to the union’s demands within the first 48 hours of the strike. However, the bosses at Triangle formed an employers’ association with the owners of the other large factories. Soon after, strike leaders were arrested. Some were fined. Others were sent to labor camps. They also used armed thugs to beat up and intimidate strikers. By the end of the month, almost all of the smaller factories had conceded to the union. By February, 1910, the strike was finally settled. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TriangleShirtwaistFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TriangleShirtwaistFire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workplacedeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplacedeaths</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sweatshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweatshop</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childlabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childlabor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workplacesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workplacesafety</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>No to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nike</span></a>: College <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coach</span></a> stands up to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sweatshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweatshop</span></a> labor | Edge of Sports</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eattherich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycott</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/boycottnike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boycottnike</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tasgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasgov</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taspol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sport</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fitness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fitness</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/oK3lNZbrm7o?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/oK3lNZbrm7o?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>"Something you need to understand is that when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/say" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>say</span></a> something “can’t be <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/automated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automated</span></a>” what they mean is “it can be automated, but running a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sweatshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweatshop</span></a> is cheaper.” </p><p>Meanwhile, when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> say something “can’t be automated” they mean “maybe you can automate it but the results will be somewhere between ‘incredibly poor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/quality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quality</span></a>’ and ‘turns <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> into meat paste’.” </p><p>Anyway I feel like that’s a distinction worth mentioning."</p><p><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/722784697725353984?source=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tumblr.com/nando161mando/72278</span><span class="invisible">4697725353984?source=share</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>“Haha, isn’t that cute. Now, photo time is over; we need you to reach into the machinery with your little child hands, boy, something’s clogging the gears.”<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childabuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childabuse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tasgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasgov</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taspol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sweatshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweatshops</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sweatshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweatshop</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/childslaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childslaves</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChildSlavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildSlavery</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>bhp mining company admits they are nothing but filthy fascist capitalists and treating their workers like shit on the daily!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bhp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bhp</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sweatshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweatshop</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workerssolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workerssolidarity</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/nS9LOihJlVU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/nS9LOihJlVU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Julie Webgirl<p>It's 86° and I'm... Ironing.</p><p>🥵</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sweatshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweatshop</span></a> literally LOL</p>
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