James Callahan, one of America’s ‘most powerful union leaders’ who failed to report $315,000 in gifts like concert tickets, just got pardoned by Trump on the eve of his sentencing

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James Callahan, General President of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Labor Day Parade 2016 Grand Marshal – Labor Day is the one day that honors the contributions of working men and women to Americas social and economic life.

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