circa 1945: American labour leader John Llewellyn Lewis (1880 - 1969), the leader of the UMWA (United Mine Workers Of America) and founder of the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations). (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
(left to right) Philip Murray, John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America and William B. Wilson, former Secretary of Labor, leave the Senate office building in Washington D. C after testifying before a special Senate Committee hearing in 1928. (Photo by Henry Miller/FPG/Getty Images)
United Mine Workers officials attending the conference on working conditions in the coal industry included, Washington DC, circa 1928. Front row, L-R: John McPhillpis, John L Lewis, UMW President, Thomas Kennedy, Michael Carr; Philip Murray is second from the left, top row. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
