Ernest Velasquez

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Hispanic
Era:1950s
State:New Mexico
Time Imprisoned:
2 Months 29 Days
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Ernest Velasquez was a strike leader of Mine-Mill Local 890 jailed for 90 days during the Empire Zinc strike at Bayard, New Mexico, for defying the anti-picketing injunction. The Mexican-American local's long strike inspired Salt of the Earth.

Case

Charges: Criminal contempt.
Sentenced: Jul 23, 1951
Sentence: 90 days.
Convicted: Yes

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