John L. Lewis

Mother Jones and John L. Lewis fought King Coal in the first half of the 20th century.

Carl Pope: Game Time Carl Pope 2011

CIO leaders, including federation chieftain John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers, had made significant contributions to Democrats in the 1930s, including the 1936 election, and they expected to be rewarded.

Lessons for Obama From the First 'Occupy' Movement Paul Moreno 2011

He became a protégé of labor leader John L. Lewis and took the principles of organizing into the streets, first in his hometown of Chicago, then across the country, showing citizens how to band together and non-violently fight for their rights, then training others to follow in his shoes.

Bill Moyers: Saul Alinsky, Who? Bill Moyers 2012

His heroes included John L. Lewis, the United Mine Workers leader, and the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain, with whom he corresponded for years.

A Chicago-Style Peace Disturber 2010

It's easy to craft a good portrait of John L. Lewis, the longtime chieftain of the Mine Workers, whose bushy eyebrows and stentorian voice were known to nearly every American in the 1930s and '40s.

Labor's lost love Michael Kazin 2010

It's easy to craft a good portrait of John L. Lewis, the longtime chieftain of the Mine Workers, whose bushy eyebrows and stentorian voice were known to nearly every American in the 1930s and '40s.

Labor's lost love Michael Kazin 2010

John L. Lewis was well within the bounds of poetic license.

Robert Kuttner: President Obama Wants You to Join the Union 2009

The legendary Congressman John L. Lewis was with us, along with four other extremely committed members of Congress, Jim McGovern, Keith Ellison, and on the women's side Donna Edwards and Lynn Woolsey.

Rabbi David Saperstein: Going to Jail to Fight Genocide 2009

Given its nearly eight million hits thus far, you've probably seen her, the matronly lady all decked out in that mother-of-the-bride cocktail dress and matching open-toed pumps, hair by some neighborhood beauty shop, eyebrows John L. Lewis.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Why Susan Boyle Makes Us Cry 2009

The great union leader John L. Lewis, who headed the United Mine Workers from the '30s through the' 50s and helped organize millions of workers into the CIO, used to declare in organizing drives: "President Roosevelt wants you to join the union."

Robert Kuttner: President Obama Wants You to Join the Union 2009