There were nearly 25 million work days on strike in 2023 in the US – a five-fold increase in a year.
I wonder what my Great Aunt Fannie would think of today’s American workplace, with a percolating revival of its labor movement.On March 25, 1911, Fannie Lansner – the 21-year-old sister of my paternal grandfather – and 145 others perished in the 18-minute blaze known as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. She had been in America just four years after immigrating from Lithuania.
But it was the size of the strikes that was eye-catching with 539,000 workers in stoppages – up 141% in a year. And No. 5 on that list were strikes tied to workers getting their initial union contract – a sign of organized labor’s growth. These 74 stoppages were double 2022. Think about one measure of unhappy workers – those who quit their jobs. After hitting record highs in 2022, quits last year fell 12% nationwide – and 67% in California.Still, 113 years after Great Aunt Fannie’s death, America’s labor movement – which got a huge boost in the aftermath of the Triangle Fire – isn’t what it used to be.
The 10-story structure that housed the doomed factory had no sprinklers and never performed a fire drill. After the disaster, building codes and workplace safety rules were swiftly upgraded. The first attempt at nationwide building codes was launched in 1927. Consider that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration – the nation’s workplace safety agency – wasn’t created until 1970.The Brown Building, as it is now known, was only made a National Historic Landmark in 1991. Last year, a formal memorial to the fire and its victims – including my Great Aunt Fannie – was finished at the site.The struggle to deftly juggle business, profitability and worker rights and safety is no easy task.
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