How 1911’s horrific, deadly Triangle building fire rewrote labor laws | Dark History | New York Post

The American labor movement as we know it today in fact rose from the ashes of a New York City garment factory fire that killed 146 workers more than a century ago. The Asche building at 23 Washington Place in downtown Manhattan — known then as the Triangle Waist Company headquarters — was home to one of the most successful clothing companies of the day. “At the time, a job at Triangle was considered a really good job,” Gina DeAngelis, author of “The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire of 1911,” told Post Video.