Joseph Curran
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Joseph Curran was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader. He was founding president of the National Maritime Union from 1937 to 1973, and a vice president of the Congress of Industrial Organiz
Curran in 1937
Curran (right), President of the National Maritime Union, chats with Capt. Clifton Lastic of the Liberty ship SS Bert Williams
Curran (left) with Congressman Vito Marcantonio (center) and New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at a labor rally
Harry Bridges
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Harry Bridges was an Australian-born American union leader, first with the International Longshoremen's Association. In 1937, he led several Pacific Coast chapters of the ILA to form a new union, the
Bridges in 1935
Central figure representing Bridges, from Anton Refregier's 1948 murals at the Rincon Center (formerly the Rincon Annex Post Office)
Bridges during the strike, July 9, 1934
Bridges shaking hands with fellow "Red" labor leader Charles S. Zimmerman c. 1930s