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Curran, Joseph (Edwin)

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Curran, Joseph (Edwin) (1906-1981)

US labour leader. He joined the International Seaman's Union (ISU) in 1935. He led a strike in defiance of the ISU in 1936, and led 35,000 members of the ISU into his new National Maritime Union (NMU), which he served as president 1937-73.

He was born in New York City. He was also vice-president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations 1940-73.
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