Watching the videos and reading about the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire made me feel sad and it was very eye-opening. The lack of security and sprinklers in the building is evidence of how the owners of the company did not value their workers and probably didn’t see the women in the factory as personal human beings besides being their workers. It’s very unfair that in the end, the company owners ended up being “not guilty” when they should’ve protected their workers and made sure the building had everything necessary in case of an emergency. I think that it’s really good that since then, workers’ security and rights have been prioritized, preventing exploitation and improving the conditions in which they work. However, tragedies like this shouldn’t happen in order to guarantee workers and people in general their rights. Even though in the United States there are unions and other organizations that protect workers’ rights, it is heartbreaking to see that in developing countries that is not the case, like in Bangladesh, where happened almost the same thing that in the United States one hundred years ago. It was terrible to see the conditions in which these women work. Also, to see how little they get paid when these big brands gain a lot from their clothes was very shocking. I had an idea about all of this happening, but I wasn’t completely aware of how awful everything is. I have heard that mostly, fast-fashion companies like Shein or Pretty Little Thing, are the ones that have their manufacturers working in really poor conditions. I think that something that we commonly don’t do is to investigate the brands where we buy our clothing and see the conditions of their manufacturers, we should start doing this more often.