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[-] kboy101222@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Several likely knew it would kill them and took the quick death. I know I would.. I don't care if it would take several minutes or 10 seconds to kill me, fuck that I ain't burning alive.

The shirtwaist factory incident definitely needs to be taught from like third grade onwards as an example of why unionization and labor laws are in fact necessary in a capitalist society.

The jury acquitted the two men of first- and second-degree manslaughter, but they were found liable of wrongful death during a subsequent civil suit in 1913 in which plaintiffs were awarded compensation in the amount of $75 per deceased victim. The insurance company paid Blanck and Harris about $60,000 more than the reported losses, or about $400 per casualty.

Jesus fucking Christ not only did they get off, they ended up making money off the whole thing. It really feels like not much has changed in 112 years

[-] TechyDad@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

And $75 in 1913 is the equivalent of $2,325.95 today. Imagine if a factory was wildly unsafe, caused the deaths of a hundred workers, and then the courts said "their lives are only worth about $2,300 each." There would be marches like crazy and calls to hold the owners liable for much, much more.

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