James T. Callahan is an American labor union leader. Callahan became an operating engineer in

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in 1980, and joined the

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(IUOE). He worked as a foreman on the clean-up team following the

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, and responded immediately to the

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on the building, working throughout the recovery efforts. He held various roles in his local union, becoming business manager and president in 2003. Callahan was elected as a vice-president of the AFL-CIO in 2012. He was appointed as president of the IUOE the same year, winning an election the following year, to hold the post on an ongoing basis. He was given the Labor Leader award by the ''

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'' in 2015. He also serves as president of the New York Friends of Ireland, and in 2020 was appointed as Grand Marshal of the

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. The parade was canceled due to

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, but he finally filled the post in 2022. Callahan is also a Board Member of the National Association for Fair Contracting (NAFC).

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