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Sylvia Weiner

Era:1930s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
30 Days
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Biography

Sylvia Weiner was named among workers facing court proceedings in the grocery-strike report published May 24, 1930. The article establishes a labor-related prosecution, without an individual sentence or exact physical custody interval. Daily Worker, May 24, 1930, page 5. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v06-n379-NY-may-24-1930-DW-LOC.pdf

Page 2 announces an April 4 welcome on her return from prison, expressly saying she served a thirty-day sentence for activity in a cafeteria strike. This documents actual service, distinct from a merely threatened term. The issue provides no exact arrest or physical discharge day and does not establish that this was the separate May 1930 grocery prosecution.

Daily Worker, April 3, 1931, PDF page 2.

Cases

Sentence: Sylvia Weiner was named among workers facing court proceedings in the grocery-strike report published May 24, 1930. The article establishes a labor-related prosecution, without an individual sentence or exact physical custody interval. Daily Worker, May 24, 1930, page 5. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1930/v06-n379-NY-may-24-1930-DW-LOC.pdf
Charges: Cafeteria-strike prosecution; precise statutory charge unreported.
Sentence: Thirty-day sentence actually served; released by the April 4, 1931 welcome, exact custody endpoints unknown.