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John L. Lewis (Activist) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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June 11, 1969 (89 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
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John L. Lewis
John Llewellyn Lewis is an American organized labor leader who served as president of the American Mining Workers' Association from 1920 to 1960. A key player in the history of coal mining, he was the driving force behind the Congress of Industrial Organizations, who founded the American Mining Workers' Association. Association of Steel Workers and helped organize millions of other industrial workers in the 1930s, during this time. After resigning from his post as IOC chief in 1941, Lewis withdrew the Unified Mining Worker from the CIO in 1942 and, in 1944, introduced the union into the United States Confederation of Labor. A leading liberal, he played a pivotal role in helping Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt won a resounding victory as President of the United States in 1936. He was an isolationist and broke with Roosevelt in 1940 over FDR's anti-fascist foreign policy.
BornJohn Llewellyn Lewis, February 12, 1880, Cleveland, Lucas County, Iowa, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 1969, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
ChildrenMargaret Mary, Kathryn, and John, Jr.
OccupationMiner, labor leader
Civilian awardsEmmy Award Nominee
Preceded byFrank Hayes
Succeeded byThomas Kennedy

About John L. Lewis

Activist John L. Lewis was born on February 12, 1880 in Iowa, United States (He dies at the age of 89, on June 11, 1969).

Leader of the United Mine Workers Association, who fought for better living and working conditions for his union's members.

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John L. Lewis before becoming famous

John L. Lewis was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1880 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Dragon (龍).

He formed the UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund after coming to the top of the organization in 1920, a groundbreaking deal with the federal government signed by the president of the United States himself.

Achievement of John L. Lewis

He founded the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), as well as several other notable unions, to represent America's industrial workers.

John L. Lewis's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was the son of Welsh immigrants and was born in Lucas, Iowa.

John L. Lewis Collabed with

Politician Leonard Woodcock was a leader of the United Auto Workers, America's other major labor group.

Leonard Woodcock (1911 - 2001) (Politician)
Leonard Woodcock (1911 - 2001)

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John L. Lewis Income & Net worth

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