Question

Describe Lewis’s union activities in the decades between 1920 and his retirement as president in 1960.

Answer 1

President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) from 1920 until 1960. Lewis completed nearly 10 years of formal education before joining his father in. In the early 1920s, Lewis used the nation's dependence on coal to maintain union. Lewis retired as president of the UMWA in 1960 and died at his home in.

Answer 2

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.