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Al Nygren

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:Alaska
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Al Nygren was a striker among the twenty-five members of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Local 203 charged with riot after a June 1935 march on the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine at Juneau; all twenty-five were acquitted at their November 1935 trial.

Case

Charges: Charged with riot.
Arrested: June 1935
Sentence: Held for trial; acquitted. Charges as recorded: Charged with riot after a strike march on the Alaska Juneau Gold Mine.
Convicted: No — acquitted