Hellraisers Journal – Sunday April 16, 1911 Artist John Sloan: The Real Triangle of Death=Rent, Profit, & Interest
From The Coming Nation of April 15, 1911:
The Triangle Fire
From The Buffalo Enquirer of March 28, 1911:
Employers’ Liability.
Dagger of Courts v Employers’ Liability Bill.
A bill introduced today by Assemblyman McGrath of New York amends the labor law by extending the liability of the employer for liability for injury to an employe where the injury is caused without any fault of the latter.
“The Court of Appeals,” said McGrath, “pointed out in its recent decision declaring the law unconstitutional, that it is within the province of the Legislature to abrogate the outworn common law ‘fellow servant and contributory negligence’ rules and this bill is designed to meet the court’s suggestion with reference to the fellow servant doctrine.
[Emphasis and detail from John Sloan drawing added.]
The dagger through the Employers Liability Bill at lower left represents judicial weakening of laws obliging factory owners to protect workers from unsafe conditions.
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