workplace safety laws. >> the fire, the horror of it, and the sense of guilt the city felt when this was over reall forced people to begin to change attides. >> reporter: all the states follow and when frances perk kinz who witnessed the fire became fdr's secretary, she pushed through federal reforms as part of the new deal. today as the gravestones of the victims have faded with time, lasome of organized labor's gai that grew from the fire, like collectivebargainingare under assault. >> and for me, fighting to hold on to union rights and government regulation that protects working people, that's fighting for the meaning of my cousin's life. because if all the things are taken away, she will have died in vain ultimately. >> reporter: that triangle tragedy still resones today, 100 years later.