Wil Ackalitis

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Wil Ackalitis was a New York longshoreman jailed for contempt in 1954 for his part in leading an International Longshoremen's Association strike on the waterfront. The dock strikes of the period were met with injunctions and contempt jailings.

Case

Charges: Contempt —.
Sentence: Three months. Verdict as recorded: Convicted of contempt (1954). Charges as recorded: Contempt — for leading an ILA waterfront strike.
Convicted: Yes

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