C. J. Haggerty
American labor leader
About C. J. Haggerty
Lived 1894 – 1971 (aged 76–77).
Cornelius Joseph "Neil" Haggerty (January 10, 1894 – October 10, 1971) was an American labor union leader. He served as President of the California Labor Federation from 1937 to 1943, then as Executive Secretary-Treasurer from 1943 to 1960.
Biography Born in Boston, Haggerty worked briefly as a singer before completing an apprenticeship as a lather. He joined the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' International Union in 1915. He served in the United States Navy during World War I, then returned to lathing, moving to Los Angeles in 1921.
Haggerty began working full-time for his union as an organizer on the West Coast, later becoming a vice-president of the union. In 1933, he was elected as president of the Los Angeles Building and Construction Trades Council. He became president of the Californian State Federation of Labor in 1937, and then secretary in 1943.
Haggerty also served on the Californian State Board of Education. He died in 1971.
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American labor leader (1894-1971)
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C. J. Haggerty was born in 1894.
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C. J. Haggerty died in 1971.
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