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John Llewellyn Lewis

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American labor leader (1880-1969)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1880 to 1969 · aged 89
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John Llewellyn Lewis was an American leader of organized labor who served as the ninth president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960 and the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which organized millions of industrial workers during the Great Depression, from 1935...

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Lewis c. 1919Lewis c. 1919Lewis c. 1922Lewis c. 1922Labor and business leaders leaving the White House after a meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 14, 1938.(L-R): Adolf A. Berle, Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, Owen D. Young, Thomas W. Lamont.Labor and business leaders leaving the White House after a meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 14, 1938.(L-R): Adolf A. Berle, Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, Owen D. Young, Thomas W. Lamont.Lewis at a 1938 labor rally in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, meeting with mine workers.Lewis at a 1938 labor rally in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, meeting with mine workers.Lewis (center) with David Dubinsky (left) and Luigi Antonini (right) at the Labor's Non-Partisan League convention in Washington, D.C., August 1, 1936Lewis (center) with David Dubinsky (left) and Luigi Antonini (right) at the Labor's Non-Partisan League convention in Washington, D.C., August 1, 1936Lewis (right) confers with Thomas Kennedy (left), Secretary-Treasurer of the UMW, and Pery Tetlow (center), president of UMW District 17, at the War Labor Board conference of January 15, 1943, discussing the anthracite coal miners' strike.Lewis (right) confers with Thomas Kennedy (left), Secretary-Treasurer of the UMW, and Pery Tetlow (center), president of UMW District 17, at the War Labor Board conference of January 15, 1943, discussing the anthracite coal miners' strike.Time magazine was hostile to Lewis; a 1946 cover illustration depicted him as a dangerous volcano.[26]Time magazine was hostile to Lewis; a 1946 cover illustration depicted him as a dangerous volcano.[26]

Awards 3

1989Labor Hall of Honor
1965Eugene V. Debs Award
1964Presidential Medal of Freedom

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John Llewellyn Lewis was an American leader of organized labor who served as the ninth president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960 and the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which organized millions of industrial workers during the Great Depression, from 1935 to 1940. Lewis was a major figure in the history of coal mining and the American labor movement; his supporters credited him with high wages, pensions, and medical benefits in the mining industry. Throughout his career in the public eye, Lewis was frequently caricatured and came to represent the broader American labor movement.

Country
United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1880 to 1969 · aged 89
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