Democracy Now : March 27 : Benefit Cuts For Legal Immigrants. Anniversary Of The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire In Ny / Pacifica Foundation| Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. - CONTENT: pt.1. Political headlines (4:00) -- pt.2. Benefit cuts for legal immigrants| guests Nancy Chang, an attorney at the Center for Constitutional Law and Gen Fukikoa, a staff attorney with the National Asian Pacific Legal Consortium (16:00) -- pt.3. Eve Dubrow| a look at the anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in NY which killed 146 workers in 1911. The deaths of the workers, who had been locked into the factories by their bosses, sparked outrage at the conditions of the sweatshop and propelled garment workers into unions| audio of the fire, guest Eve Dubrow, formerly legislative director for UNITE (19:00) -- pt.4. More on the fire (17:00) Broadcast on March 27, 1997.
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