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One hundred years after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire,
we look at some of the major struggles facing workers today in
the United States and around the world. In one of many recent
fires, 26 workers making clothes for U.S. companies were
killed in Bangladesh last December. Workers across the United
States, meanwhile, are facing a resurgent assault on salaries,
benefits and their right to organize—as epitomized in
Wisconsin’s anti-union bill.
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