Biography
Sam Finkelstein was an organizer for striking meat-market workers in Richmond Hill, New York. The Daily Worker of March 27, 1935, page 4, says he and three discharged Shapiro Market workers were arrested while picketing on the preceding Saturday and held on $500 bail. The strike at 11701 Liberty Avenue opposed wage cuts and sought union conditions. The newspaper attributes the arrest demand to Hebrew Butchers Union leader Benny Levine. It does not identify the three other arrested workers, specify the statutory charge, or establish an eventual release or sentence.
Contemporary original newspaper source; individual page evidence retained in review audit 259. Exact individual custody dates and duration are not inferred from relative dates or collective claims.
