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Who Remembers the Triangle Fire

International_Ladies_Garment_Workers_Union_logoMarch 25th marks the date that thousands remember the 146 workers who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. The factory building, which is now part of the NYU campus and has long been a site of significance to many, will now be home to a permanent public art memorial. It will not only pay tribute to the mostly Eastern European Jewish and Italian immigrant women and men who died, it will also stand as a symbol for workers of later generations.

Mary Anne Trasciatti, president of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, has fought a memorial for years, will be joined by May Chen, a labor organizer who has been actively engaged in outreach and advocacy for immigrant workers for more than 20 years, working with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, and Katie Quan from the Labor Center at Berkeley, who was a seamstress, organizer, and international vice -president with the ILGWU, and its successor, UNITE. They discuss the importance of the memorial and the fire’s resonance in particular for immigrant garment workers from the 1970s and 1980s.

Steven Greenhouse, former labor reporter for the New York Times and author of The Big Squeeze: Toug Times for the American Worker, will moderate the conversation.

This event is free and seating is first-come, first-served. Doors will open at 6pm.

If you have questions, contact Laura Lee at [email protected] or 212-431-0233 ext. 259.











When: Tue., Mar. 8, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Tenement Museum
103 Orchard St.
212-982-8420
Price: Free
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International_Ladies_Garment_Workers_Union_logoMarch 25th marks the date that thousands remember the 146 workers who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. The factory building, which is now part of the NYU campus and has long been a site of significance to many, will now be home to a permanent public art memorial. It will not only pay tribute to the mostly Eastern European Jewish and Italian immigrant women and men who died, it will also stand as a symbol for workers of later generations.

Mary Anne Trasciatti, president of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, has fought a memorial for years, will be joined by May Chen, a labor organizer who has been actively engaged in outreach and advocacy for immigrant workers for more than 20 years, working with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, and Katie Quan from the Labor Center at Berkeley, who was a seamstress, organizer, and international vice -president with the ILGWU, and its successor, UNITE. They discuss the importance of the memorial and the fire’s resonance in particular for immigrant garment workers from the 1970s and 1980s.

Steven Greenhouse, former labor reporter for the New York Times and author of The Big Squeeze: Toug Times for the American Worker, will moderate the conversation.

This event is free and seating is first-come, first-served. Doors will open at 6pm.

If you have questions, contact Laura Lee at [email protected] or 212-431-0233 ext. 259.

Buy tickets/get more info now