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  2. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire - Wikipedia

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    The Triangle Fire by Leon Stein, 1963 (ISBN 978-0-8014-7707-2) Fragments from the Fire: The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire of March 25, 1911, a book of poetry by Chris Llewellyn, 1987 (ISBN 978-0-14-058586-5). Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle, 2003 (ISBN 978-0-8021-4151-4)

  3. Labour movement of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    SGLU was then renamed as the Singapore Federation of Trade Union (SFTU) in 1946. On 13 June 1951, the Singapore Trade Union Congress (STUC) was established to replace the SFTU. However, the STUC split in 1961 into the left-wing Singapore Association of Trade Unions (SATU) and the non-communist National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). [4]

  4. Employment in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Employment in Singapore, including the development and planning of Singapore workforce to achieve "globally competitive workforce in a sustainable manner," is managed under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Manpower. Other aspects of employment related functions as International Talent Promotion, Labour Relations, Management of Foreign Manpower ...

  5. List of industrial disasters - Wikipedia

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    The fire began in the dynamite magazine and burned the wooden dormitory that housed the tunnel workers. 46 workers survived the fire by jumping into the lake and climbing onto ice floes or the spoil heap near the crib. 29 men were burned beyond recognition, and approximately 60 men died. Most of the remainder drowned or froze to death in the ...

  6. New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 - Wikipedia

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    In September 1909, employees at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory went on strike. [5] On November 22, 1909, [5] a meeting was arranged at the Great Hall [6] of Cooper Union, where Local 25 voted for a general strike. [5] The meeting had been organized by International Ladies Garment Workers Union. [6]

  7. Triangle Fire Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Triangle Fire Memorial is a memorial at the Brown Building in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. [1] It commemorates the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire , which killed 146 workers, primarily Italian and Jewish immigrant women and girls, and is considered a catalyst in the American labor rights movement.

  8. Oil tankers on fire after colliding off Singapore, crew ...

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    SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding in waters near Singapore, the world's biggest refuelling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and ...

  9. Workforce Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Workforce Singapore (WSG) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Manpower of the Government of Singapore.. During the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when many Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents lost their jobs due to the closure of businesses, Workforce Singapore played a vital part in career-coaching the people of Singapore into transitioning into essential industries.