It was heart-wrenching to watch those videos about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. They were right in saying that it could have all been prevented. These corporations were treating their workers like animals. How do you have fire exits locked, only one elevator working, one fire escape, and no water sprinklers? The fear and desperation these women felt. They were being taken advantage of, they could be easily replaced by another woman and the poor pay they were receiving was nothing. The fact that something this horrific has to occur in order for some change to occur. Women were probably complaining about these very same matters but were dismissed, because to the owners, they are replaceable.  Something like this occurs and change happens immediately when it should’ve been established in the first place. 

We may not think about it, we may turn a blind eye but this does continue to occur in other countries. These factories may have been abolished in the United States but they didn’t disappear but rather moved. It moved to countries where the workers are too poor and powerless to fight back. In the very same countries, citizens flee to come to America. Progress is slow and at a standstill in these countries. American corporations take advantage of these places and workers for their own advantage. Still paying workers poor wages, poor working conditions, and no benefits, preying on the fact that these workers need the job more than the job needs them because once again workers are replaceable.

I’ve seen these posts and videos about sustainable fashion. The more we buy the more resources we use thus the more pollution and harm we create for the environment. But if we are smart about the pieces of clothing we purchase then we don’t buy as much and factories don’t produce as much. But also it’s better to thrift pieces rather than having factories mass produce. With that being said companies lose because people don’t want their product.  We can’t look the other way, just like people fight hard for animals. Stopping the consumption of any products that come from factories that harm and mistreat their animals. How are literal animals getting improved treatment, when there are actual human beings treated like animals in factories being treated worse and unfairly.