Frances Perkins, born today in 1880, was a trailblazer in protecting workers, a task that New York State is bolstering even as other states roll back regulations ...Middle East

On March 25, 1911, a crowd of New Yorkers watched in horror as dozens of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory workers, mostly immigrant children and young women, jumped to their deaths as fire swept through the Greenwich Village garment factory. Many of the victims had attempted to escape through stairwells but were met with locked doors that had been fastened illegally to prevent theft and unauthorized breaks. In total, 146 workers died, making the Triangle Fire one of the deadliest industrial catastrophes in U.S. history. Among the crowd looking on that day was workers’ rights advocate Frances Perkins.

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