Tess Ewing

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:Massachusetts
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Tess Ewing was a Boston school-bus driver and member of the United Steelworkers (USWA) who was jailed for contempt during the union's strike in the spring of 1977. When the drivers struck in April 1977, a court issued a no-strike injunction; Ewing was among those jailed for defying it, serving twelve days at the Framingham Women's Correctional Institution. She saw the jailings as part of an effort, as she put it, "to squeeze out a contract" from the union.

Case

Framingham Women's Correctional Institution
Charges: Criminal contempt.
Sentence: Twelve days in jail (1977). Charges as recorded: Criminal contempt for violating a no-strike injunction during the April 1977 Boston school-bus drivers' strike.
Convicted: Jailed twelve days at the Framingham Women's Correctional Institution for contempt during the 1977 Boston school-bus drivers' strike.
Institution State: Massachusetts

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