Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Case Study

Imagine being an immigrant with no money to provide for yourself or your family. You have to turn to work in a Shirtwaist Factory in order to make a living. While working inside of the Shirtwaist factory you notice there are many injuries that occur from the machinery, you are being lowly paid for working extended hours including holidays, and the bosses lock the doors so that you can’t leave your job. Many of the immigrant woman became upset and decide to go on strike, for better working conditions. As a result the owners of the company sweep the women under the rug and they’re right back at the factory working unfair jobs until the fire occurs. Immigrant workers that worked inside of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company endured unfair working conditions by their company owners, which resulted in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. Was work in the Triangle Shirtwaist factory beneficial for the workers? As an immigrant employee work inside of the factory was not beneficial because they were low paid, surrounded by hazardous machinery, the factories were unsanitary, and they were given long, exhausting work hours. As an Immigrant employee work inside of the factory resulted in low wages. According to the History.com staffs article, Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City (2009), they

As claimed by Pauline Newman’s interview, Working for the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, she states, “We started work at 7:30 and during the busy season, we worked until nine o’clock in the evening, even during the holidays our hours didn’t change.” This shows that the workers hardly had time to spend with there families, they would just earn money and send it home for there families. Since the workers had to be at work at 7:30 they often fell asleep while working, which explains why there was so many injuries from the