Lewis, John Llewellyn
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Lewis, John Llewellyn (b. 12 Feb. 1880, d. 11 June 1969). President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) 1920–60. A son of Welsh miner immigrants born in Lucas, Iowa, he began work as a miner aged 17. In 1901 he began his active work for the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA), becoming acting president in 1919 and president in 1920. A leading member of the
AFL (American Federation of Labor), he successfully organized unskilled, mass-production workers into trade unions. This resulted in a clash with AFL policy in 1935, and in 1936 all such unions, including his miners, were expelled from the AFL; they formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), with Lewis as president. During the next four years he led a number of militant and bitter CIO strikes in such industries as steel, automobiles, tyres, and electrical products. In 1940, in protest against
Roosevelt's third-term nomination, he resigned his presidency from the CIO. From this organization he withdrew the miners, whose president he remained, in 1942. A strong personality, he would challenge any authority in the interests of his members. Although more moderate in later years, in 1947 he defied the
Taft-Hartley Act (1947) out of principle by refusing to declare the fact that he was not a communist on oath.
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Rare rider takes Find It Out to the winning post; Fiftieth win for John Lewis Llewellyn, 38.
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/26/2009; 700+ words
; Byline: BRIAN LEE JOHN LEWIS LLEWELLYN rode his 50th winner - 35 under...and one furlong at Bath races on John Flint's 20-1 outsider Corking...HALFCENTURY: Fifty winners for John Lewis Llewellyn, seen here jumping the last on...
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The Victim's Verses; Poet Chris Llewellyn and Her Powerful `Fragments'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/19/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...typewriter and file cabinet packed with Llewellyn's notes and clippings sit in...master degrees to get published." Llewellyn's father, who worked in a dry...of United Mine Workers leader John Llewellyn Lewis (she stresses the organizer...
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Rugby Union: Wales hand Llewellyn captaincy against Italy
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/6/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Bucharest. After that, Llewellyn was relieved to keep...makeshift left wing. Emyr Lewis fills the No 8 place...Llanelli), Gareth Llewellyn (Neath, capt), H Taylor (Cardiff), E Lewis (Cardiff), R Collins...Replacements: Paul John (Pontypridd), N Boobyer...
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Llewellyn gets a surprise Wales A call.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 1/24/2002; 588 words
; ...other players." While Llewellyn earns his promotion...Neil Edwards. Elsewhere Llewellyn's Welsh All Blacks...Shanklin (Saracens), John Bryant (Pontypridd...Forwards: Geraint Lewis (Swansea), Gavin Thomas...Newport), Gareth Llewellyn (Neath), Deiniol Jones...
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Happy, hungry Llewellyn; Neath 50 Ebbw Vale 8.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 4/22/2002; 700+ words
; ...days left skipper Gareth Llewellyn happy but hungry. Hungry...half - and his father, John, was hooker for Rhodesia...on Wednesday night. Llewellyn acknowledged in the programme...Pontypridd referee Huw F Lewis in the 74th minute for...Jones 37), S Martin, G Llewellyn (capt), A Mocelutu...
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Football: Dragons step on the Gas; Llewellyn scores and sees red, but resolute Wrexham stop the rot at Racecourse.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 10/30/2006; 700+ words
; ...the dismissal of Chris Llewellyn during Saturday's 2...ill-afford to lose Llewellyn for winnable league games...surprise that Wales boss John Toshack was in the directors...s running battle with Lewis Haldane and an early...Aaron Lescott, giving Llewellyn the opportunity to run...
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Rugby Union: Llewellyn likely to fill in for Evans
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/3/1994; ; 666 words
; ...looked," the surgeon, John Fairclough said. "Ieuan...The Neath lock, Gareth Llewellyn, is the most likely...for him next week," Llewellyn said. "We have lost...Cardiff: Tries Bevan, Lewis, Joseph, Ford; Conversion...Jones, H Taylor, E Lewis, O Williams. Llanelli...
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Llewellyn's knock sinks leaders.(Sport Cricket)
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 8/15/2007; 441 words
; ...overs, with Rhett Jones making 45 and Andy Buckland 41 John Llewellyn then made 76 to help Pentyrch to 197-4 and a six...Croesyceiliog scored 232-9 at home to Ponthir, with Richard Lewis making 105 not out and Terry Davies next best with 20...
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168 Fest 'A Good Day' for Directing-Producing Husband-Wife Team as Llewellyn Pic Wins Best Film, Actor & Screenplay.
PR Newswire; 4/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- Wes and Amanda Llewellyn's short film "A Good Day...It also represents the Llewellyn's second such 168 Best Film...founder and executive director John Ware of the couple whose full...Superman" (produced with Lewis Hill), starring Steve Neumann...
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the joy of our wedding has been tainted The pounds 3.5 million bridal shower Online stores and weddings - surely a match made in heaven. So, asks Julia Llewellyn Smith, why did Wrapit go bust?
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 8/10/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...pressing decisions - along with choosing venue, dress and caterers - was where to open a wedding list. "We looked at John Lewis, we looked at Selfridges, but the stuff on offer there seemed so boring and limited," says Tipler, 31, from Blackheath...
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Lewis, John Llewellyn
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
LEWIS, JOHN LLEWELLYN John L. Lewis (1880 – 1969) began his working life as a coal...unionized affiliation of industrial workers in the United States. John Llewellyn Lewis was born in 1880, one of six children born to Thomas and Ann...
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John Llewellyn Lewis
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
John Llewellyn Lewis John Llewellyn Lewis (1880-1969) was one of the most powerful and controversial American labor leader of the 20th century. In founding the Congress of Industrial Organizations, he brought trade union organization to mass...
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United Mine Workers (UMW)
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...the UMW came under the leadership of Illinois native John Mitchell (1870 – 1919). (Mitchell had...unions such as the UMW. In 1935 dynamic UMW leader John Llewellyn Lewis (1880 – 1969) worked with other industrial...
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Philip Murray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Organizations. Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, Sidney Hillman, and David Dubinsky...Pittsburgh bituminous region. In 1920 John L. Lewis, the UMWA president, appointed...with industrial engineer Morris Llewellyn Cooke, Organized Labor and Production...
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Royal Academy of Arts
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
...president, Sir William Llewellyn , refused to sign...in 1938 Augustus John similarly left in protest after Wyndham Lewis's portrait of T...Eliot was rejected (John rejoined two years...8; Sir William Llewellyn , 1928–...
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