KnowraJohn L. LewisLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to John L. Lewis, each with the reason it gives.All 9Related 8Compared with 1American Federation of LaborRelated: His organizing drive challenged the AFL’s resistance to industrial unionism.Lázaro CárdenasRelated: His support connected the Mexican oil dispute to international labor solidarity.Industrial unionismRelated: His break with craft-union leaders propelled industrial organizing in the 1930s.Congress of Industrial OrganizationsRelated: As United Mine Workers president, Lewis led the organizing drive that launched the CIO.Flint sit-down strikeRelated: His support supplied the UAW with resources and influence during the campaign.West VirginiaRelated: His union’s campaigns shaped miners’ working conditions and political influence in West Virginia.AFL-CIORelated: His break with the AFL helped launch the CIO, which later merged with it.George MeanyRelated: Lewis’s break with the AFL created the rival labor federation Meany later helped reunite.