John L. Lewis
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John Llewellyn Lewis was an American leader of organized labor who served as the ninth president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and the first president of the Congress of Indu
Portrait by Harris & Ewing c. 1930s–1940s
Lewis c. 1919
Lewis c. 1922
Labor and business leaders leaving the White House after a meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, January 14, 1938. (L-R): Adolf A. Berle, Philip Murray, John L. Lewis, Owen D. Young, Thomas W. Lamont.
The Congress of Industrial Organizations was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. Originally created in 1935 as a commi
John L. Lewis
…leader of organized labor who served as the ninth president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960 and the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), which organized millions of industrial workers during the Great Depression, from 1935 to 1940. Lewis was a major figure in the history of coal…
The CIO's second headquarters was an office on the third floor of this building, the United Mine Workers' headquarters, at 900 15th Street NW, Washington, DC.
Front page of the first issue of The C.I.O. News featuring New York City Councilman-elect Mike Quill, published December 7, 1937
718 Jackson Place NW, Washington, D.C., the fourth and final headquarters for the Congress of Industrial Organizations. As of 2008, the building is owned by the federal government and houses small units attached to the Executive Office of the President.
CIO leaders listen to President Roosevelt's Day of Infamy speech before pledging support to the war effort, December 12, 1941 Left to right: Austin Hogan, TWU; Michael Quill, TWU; Ben Gold, IFLWU; Joseph Curran, NMU; Harry Bridges, ILWU, Morris Muster, UFWA