The shift reflects a broader generational change, and has exposed philosophical rifts in the labor movement about what the purpose of a union ought to be.
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The common thread in these stories is the pursuit of justice and a better life for America’s workers, and the legacy of these Jewish American labor leaders continues today.
On March 25, 1911, at 4.40pm a fire broke out on the eighth floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Greenwich Village, which occupied that floor as well as the two levels above.