John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader (died 1969)

John L. Lewis

American miner and labor leader (1880–1969)

John Llewellyn Lewis was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960. A major player in the history of coal mining, he was the driving force behind the founding of the Congress of Industrial…