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Michael J. Colleran

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Michael J. Colleran (1884 – November 18, 1940) was an American labor union leader.

Born in New York City, Colleran became a plasterer and joined the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association. He was elected as president of his local union, and then as vice-president of the international union.[1] In 1923, he was elected as president of the new Manhattan Building Trades Council.[2] That year, he was indicted for conspiracy to hamper building operations, alongside 35 other members of his local.[3] The indictments were dismissed by Jeremiah T. Mahoney of the New York Supreme Court, after a grand jury disagreed with the verdict, and Colleran agreed to end the practices.[4]

In 1929, Colleran won election as president of the union.[1] He represented the American Federation of Labor (AFL) at the British Trades Union Congress in 1934. In 1940, he stopped in Chicago on his way to the AFL convention in New Orleans, when he became ill. He died in the city, two weeks later.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Michael J. Colleran". New York Times. November 19, 1940.
  2. ^ "115,000 may strike in building trades". New York Times. April 8, 1923.
  3. ^ "Fined for working on St. Patrick's Day". New York Times. May 2, 1923.
  4. ^ "Plasterers' union freed of charges". New York Times. June 4, 1924.
Trade union offices
Preceded by President of the Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association
1929–1940
Succeeded by
John E. Rooney
Preceded by
Thomas E. Burke
Christian Madsen
American Federation of Labor delegate to the Trades Union Congress
1934
With: Edward Flore
Succeeded by
Dennis Lane
Henry F. Schmal