AGE: 13 OCCUPATION: Student WAGES: She's just become a pop star. Any guesses? LIZZIE'S LIFE: Shopping, romance, and class trips to Rome Lizzie suffers the daily humiliations of Junior High, where she can't even repeat an outfit without catching the scornful notice of her classmates. WHAT LIZZIE WANTS: Popularity AGE: 19 OCCUPATION: Disney sweatshop worker WAGES: Makes 5¢ for every $17.99 t-shirt she sews. Trapped in misery. LISA'S LIFE: Forced to work 15 hours a day, 7 days a week Lisa is not allowed to speak to her coworkers. Her bathroom visits are timed. If she questions her wages or her treatment, she will be beaten or fired. WHAT LISA WANTS: Dignity WILL THE REAL LIZZIE MCGUIRE PLEASE STAND UP?

History is an extraordinary thing. You can choose to learn from it, or you can choose to repeat it. For me, the choice is clear, as it was for Frances Perkins. We must always be a nation that catches workers before they fall. Hilda L. Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor, Speech commemorating the 100 th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire March 18, 2011

Crowded factory room This photo was taken on June 8, 2010 in Amla Para, Bangladesh

Chicago is a Fair Trade City In February 2010 the Chicago City Council passed a resolution declaring Chicago to be a Fair Trade City. For lots of information about Fair Trade in Chicago go to “ Before you’ve finished your breakfast this morning, you’ll have relied on half the world.” - Martin Luther King

Triangle Fire Funeral Announcement in Three Languages

NEAR CLOSING TIME ON MARCH 25, 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Waist Factory. Within 18 minutes, 146 people were dead as a result of the fire. The ILR School Kheel Center is honoring the 100 year anniversary of the fire with a redesign of this well-known resource, including many new and updated materials. Newly Discovered: Names of six previously unidentified victims.six previously unidentified victims LEARN ABOUT THE FIRE Read the story of the fire Review original text documents Listen to and read interviews of survivors and witnesses View photographs and illustrations GAIN PERSPECTIVE View a timeline of events Explore a model of the 9th floor RESEARCH FURTHER Find bibliographic resources High school students: Get tips on using primary sources COMMEMORATION Remember the victims Learn about reforms and outcomes of the Fire's legacy Keep up to date on 100 year commemoration events contact copyright tips for students about this site © 2011 Cornell University ILR School Kheel Center

Every Purchase Matters Fair trade is a market based economic system through which workers, artisans and farmers are paid a living wage for their work and environmentally sustainable practices are used. Compania Textil Centroamericana is a family business with strong social programs and medical services for workers. Wages and environmental practices go beyond legal requirements in Costa Rica.

Bangladeshi women trying to keep up with work Factory owners in Bangladesh are proposing a new minimum wage of just 14 cents an hour. The workers are asking for 43 cents an hour.

Kate's dazzling dress is made in Romanian 'sweatshop' by women on just 99p ($1.98) an hour

Triangle Returns 29 garment workers died in the Hameem factory fire on December 14, R e t u r n s OnOn