Today in Labor History Nov 26, 25 women die in factory fire only exit locked Newark, NJ

[Omaha Steve]

November 26

Six young women burn to death and 19 more die when they leap from the fourth-story windows of a blazing factory in Newark, N.J. The floors and stairs were wooden; the only door from which the women could flee was locked - 1910

More info here in the Jewish News: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=367x29567


November 26, 1912 - Minnesota native Eric Sevareid, who became a leading broadcast journalist, was born. As a student at the University of Minnesota, he reported on the landmark 1934 Teamsters' strike.

Labor history found here: http://www.unionist.com/today-in-labor-history & http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?history_9_11_26_2010