PA and OH mine workers in the late 1910s, early 1920s; John L. Lewis in early 1920s, 1940s, 1950

John L. Lewis became president of the United Mine Workers in 1919. Less than a year later, he initiated his first major industrywide strike, leading 500,000 miners to stop work until a more favorable contract was negotiated.

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