In 1911, 146 workers died in a horrific fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Their working conditions, untimely deaths, and the lack of adequate compensation for the families of the victims led to widespread unionization of garment industry workers, fire…
Read More »The Directors and Officers of the TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE MEMORIAL Cordially invite you and your guest to attend our Seventeenth Annual Memorial Scholarship Fund Raiser March 15, 2018 Honoring TSFFM CLARA LEMLICH AWARD WINNERS CLASS OF 2018 Ann Toback Executive…
Read More »The Directors and Officers of the TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE MEMORIAL Cordially invite you and your guest to attend our Sixteenth Annual Memorial Scholarship Fund Raiser March 23, 2017 Honoring TSFFM CLARA LEMLICH AWARD WINNERS CLASS OF 2017 Mary Anne…
Read More »The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial (TSFFM) completed its 15th Annual fundraising campaign Thursday Evening, March 24, 2016, at a cocktail reception at the Helen Mills Event Space. The same evening, the organization honored its Clara Lemlich Class of 2016…
Read More »The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial is proud to announce that Gary LaBarbera, President of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York was the recipient of the 2016 Clara Lemlich Award which was presented to him by Brian Mittman,…
Read More »The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial is proud to announce that Christopher Erikson, Business Manager Local 3, IBEW and a leader of over 26,000 electrical workers in the New York area is this year’s recipient of Clara Lemlich Public Service…
Read More »The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial [TSFFM] completed its 13th annual fundraising campaign Tuesday evening, March 25th, at a caberet dinner at the NYC Fire Museum. The same evening, the organization honored three New Yorkers and a New York bar…
Read More »The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial (TSFFM) has named nineteen Triangle Scholars for the Academic Year 2012-13. Each grant is in the amount of $2,000 bringing TSFFM’s total awards to $344,000 since inception of the program in 2003. Scholarship funds…
Read More »The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial (TSFFM) has named twenty-five Triangle Scholars for the Academic Year 2011-12. Each grant is in the amount of $2,000 bringing TSFFM’s total awards to $310,000 since inception of the program in 2003. Scholarship funds…
Read More »The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial (TSFFM) announced that Art Wilcox of the NYS AFL-CIO has been named to the Board of Directors of the not-for-profit organization. “We are enormously pleased, honored, and fortunate to count Art on our board,”…
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TSFFM, a recognized 501 ( c )(3) organization incorporated on December 2, 2002, was established to memorialize the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 25, 1911, its impact on changing New York State labor laws, and its role in the creation of the Workers' Compensation law. TSFFM seeks to educate the general public regarding workplace safety and to provide scholarships for the children of workers who died or were permanently disabled as the result of workplace accidents or illnesses.