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John L. Lewis

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The Resume

    (February 12, 1880-June 11, 1969)
    Born in Lucas, Iowa
    President of the United Mine Workers (1920-60)
    Founding member and president (1936-40) of the Congress of Industrial Organizations

Why he might be annoying:

    He ran the UMW autocratically.
    During an American Federation of Labor meeting, he punched William Hutcheson, head of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
    During his early years heading the CIO, he spent more time fighting with the AFL than organizing workers.
    Although most unions agreed to a no-strike pledge for the duration of World War II, he led a strike by half a million miners (1943).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He went to work in the mines at age 15.
    He banned Communists from running for executive positions in the UMW.
    He won improvements in wages and working conditions for miners.
    He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Lyndon Johnson.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 80.95% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 54 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 103 Votes: 51.46% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 2117 Votes: 64.81% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 86 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 34 Votes: 61.76% Annoying