| LC control no. | n 50049279 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 |
| Variant(s) | Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969 |
| Birth date | 1880-02-12 |
| Death date | 1969-06-11 |
| Place of birth | Lucas (Iowa) |
| Place of death | Alexandria (Va.) |
| Affiliation | United Mine Workers of America Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Labor leaders |
| Found in | His The miners' fight for American standard ... c1925. The CIO files of John L. Lewis [microform] c1988. Find A Grave, via WWW, September 27, 2013 (John Llewellyn Lewis; born February 12, 1880; died June 11, 1969; Lewis was an American labor leader and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960; Lewis and the UMWA formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1938; he organized other industrial unions such as The United Auto Workers and the United Steel Workers of America; after a long strike in 1946, the UMWA negotiated the nation's first health and retirement program for workers) AFL-CIO, via WWW, September 27, 2013 (John L. Lewis (1880-1969); president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1920 until 1960 and founding president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), John Llewellyn Lewis was the dominant voice shaping the labor movement in the 1930s; born in Lucas, Iowa; died in Alexandria, Va.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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