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Magibol (embroidery union secretary, 1933)

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Full name:Magibol
Era:1930s
State:New Jersey
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Biography

Magibol is the surname printed for the secretary of the Schiffli Embroidery Workers Union, affiliated with the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. The July 21 Union City dispatch reports that police arrested him at the bosses’ instigation during the Gold and Rosenberg shop strike at 324 Seventeenth Street, West New York, New Jersey, and that he was soon released. The workers sought higher wages and shorter hours. The source supplies no given name, statutory charge, precise arrest or release day, or final sentence. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v10-n175-NY-jul-22-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3

Case

Charges: Arrest at employers’ instigation in an embroidery strike; statutory charge unprinted.
Sentence: Actually arrested and soon released; precise endpoints and complete duration unknown. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1933/v10-n175-NY-jul-22-1933-DW-LOC.pdf#page=3