| Birth: | Feb. 12, 1880 | | Death: | Jun. 11, 1969 | 
Lewis was an American labor leader & president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960. Lewis & the UMWA formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1938. He organized other industrial unions such as The United Auto Workers & the United Steel Workers of America & after a long strike in 1946, the UMWA negotiated the nation's first health & retirement program for workers. (bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Search Amazon for John Llewellyn Lewis | | | Burial:
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield
Sangamon County
Illinois, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 16, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 19560 |
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