As Allison and Rebecca Kestenbaum stood in front of a building in Greenwich Village on Wednesday, they were thinking about another set of sisters: their relatives Celia and Bess Eisenberg, who, as teenagers, worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Bess called in sick on the day that a horrific fire tore through the garment factory.
The president of Workers United writes that Starbucks is endangering its own employees and appears to even endorse a boycott of its own stores. “I am afraid,” said one worker. “My mom doesn’t want me to go to work.”
Memorializing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire ijn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ijn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
100 years after factory fire, Jewish and Italian victims get a memorial jpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A younger generation of Asian Americans are fighting to keep the history and culture of the Manhattan neighborhood alive and for the very idea of what an ethnic enclave can be.