Rosenfeld’s Requiem: The Triangle Fire Victims in VerseD
Rosenfeld’s Requiem: The Triangle Fire Victims in Verse On March 25, 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist company in New York City. Trapped by blocked exit doors and faulty fire escapes, more than 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, perished in the flames or jumped ten stories to their deaths. One of [...]
Harper, Kenney, Day – not just turning back the clock.
23 July, 2010 – We heard yesterday about the review being undertaken by the Harper government into Employment Equity. A lot is being made of the ‘shock” and “concern’ felt by Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism, after reading the account by Sara Landriault, who sought a job in the public sector but [...]
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