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>I have mixed feelings about unions overall. If you enjoy your weekends and are equally grateful kids don't work 12 hour days, and someone didn't die at work t

• StreetChief 3y ago
  "this union is absolutely required for preventing death" and "i'm on the fence about unions" are two wild takes to see together. Why the triangle shirtwaist factory fire isn't enough to encourage people to like unions, I'll never know: > Because the doors to the stairwells and exits were locked[1][8] – a common practice at the time to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to reduce theft[9] – many of the workers could not escape from the burning building and jumped from the high windows. link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fi...