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Matt Lynch (Rockwood hosiery organizer)

Full name:Matt Lynch
Era:1930s
State:Tennessee
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Biography

Matt Lynch, a young hosiery-workers’ organizer, was recently kidnapped from Rockwood, Tennessee, according to the May 13, 1936 account of AFL convention delegates supporting the hosiery picket line. The report establishes abduction in a labor conflict without giving exact restraint endpoints or a judicial charge. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1936/v13-n115-NY-may-13-1936-DW-Q.pdf#page=5

Case

Charges: Extrajudicial abduction amid the Rockwood hosiery strike.
Sentence: Kidnapping reported; no imposed judicial sentence, exact restraint interval or complete custody total established.