The NYC Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Workers United, SEIU, and the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition, hosted the 115th Anniversary Commemoration of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on Wednesday March 25, 2026 at Washington Place and Greene Street in Lower Manhattan.
More than 400 attendees from across the Labor Movement and the broader community gathered to honor the 146 workers, mostly young immigrant women, who lost their lives in the 1911 tragedy, which helped spur critical labor and fire safety protections that continue to protect workers today.
The program featured the traditional reading of the victims’ names, with flowers laid at the site as a bell tolled in remembrance. A fire truck ladder was raised to the sixth floor of the building, marking the highest point it could reach at the time of the fire.
The ceremony also included music from the New York City Labor Chorus and a performance from the Italian opera Camicette Bianche, along with a presentation by young activists from El Puente telling the story of the fire.
