Locking workers in, treating them like prisoners on the...

Locking workers in, treating them like prisoners on the assumption that they’re criminals - does this sound like any present-day corporation?

laphamsquarterly:

On this day in 1911, 146 New York City garment workers (most of them Jewish and Italian immigrant women) perished as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught fire.

Doors to the stairwells and exits had been locked (a common practice at the time—managers thought it would stop theft and excessive breaks), leaving the women trapped—some died o...