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Leo Berezin

Era:1930s
State:Pennsylvania
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Biography

International Ladies Garment Workers Union organizer Leo Berezin was arrested in Allentown for organizing on the street after Allentown Sportswear Company employees called organizers to help protest sweatshop conditions. The report says the employers ordered their arrest at the picket line. One hundred young garment workers marched to the police station, demanded release and obtained it. The source gives no exact arrest or release day and no sentence or final court outcome. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/socialist-call/call%202-69.pdf#page=12

Case

Charges: Organizing on the street during the Allentown Sportswear labor dispute.
Sentence: Released following a march by one hundred garment workers to the police station; exact dates and duration unknown.