[DOC] [TLE] United Mine Workers - Wikipedia [PAR] The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor 
union best ... The coal mines were a competitive and dangerous place to work. ... 
As conditions for the miners of the WBA worsened, the union broke up and .... 
combative UMW president who thoroughly controlled the union from 1920 to 
1960. [DOC] [TLE] United Mine Workers Strike - Dictionary definition of United Mine ... [PAR] The contract providing for the fines had been drawn up under the so-called ... no 
such contract was forthcoming, 425,000 coal miners nationwide went on strike. ... 
court order, acting UMW President John L. Lewis ordered the miners back to 
work. ... of wildcat work stoppages into 1920, and all work had stopped in Illinois 
and... [DOC] [TLE] West Virginia's Mine Wars [PAR] West Virginia was the site of numerous deadly coal mining accidents, including 
the ... of surviving in battle than did a West Virginian working in the coal mines. ... 
The evicted miners set up tent colonies and lived in other makeshift housing. ... 
Non-union miners in Mingo County went on strike in the spring of 1920 and 
called... [DOC] [TLE] John L. Lewis | American labour leader | Britannica.com [PAR] In the coal-mining town of Panama, Illinois, he became head of a United Mine ... 
and president in 1920, by which time the UMWA had become the largest trade 
union in the United States. ... union could work and prompted other successful sit
-down strikes to follow. ... John L. Lewis - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
. [DOC] [TLE] United Mine Workers - Topics [PAR] The coal mines were a competitive and dangerous place to work. ... As conditions 
for the miners of the WBA worsened, the union broke up and disappeared. ... The 
Knights of Labor did not want the NTA #135 to be in control so they went against 
a lot ... UMW president who thoroughly controlled the union from 1920 to 1960. [DOC] [TLE] UMWA - Expand Your Mind - Revolvy [PAR] The coal mines were a competitive and dangerous place to work. ... As conditions 
for the miners of the WBA worsened, the union broke up and disappeared. .... 
combative UMW president who thoroughly controlled the union from 1920 to 
1960. ...... He rose within the union to become president of District 2 of the UMWA
. [DOC] [TLE] John L. Lewis - United States History [PAR] He became a coal miner at the age of 15 after settling in Panama, Illinois, a small 
... Lewis was voted to be a local delegate to the United Mine Workers of ... He 
held this post until 1960, when he retired and was then named president 
emeritus. ... The government called the strike illegal and ordered the miners back 
to work... [DOC] [TLE] Teamster Just Keeps Truckin' Area Union Boss John Morris On The ... [PAR] Nov 7, 1991 ... Johnny Morris called his first strike years before he ever got a Teamsters Union 
card. ... an AFL- CIO meeting in September, Morris has become a dominant - if 
not the ... Mine Workers president from 1920 to 1960, and current UMW ... door 
bricked up when he went to work one day during a Local 115 strike. [DOC] [TLE] America's Coal Economy: CQR [PAR] Apr 21, 1978 ... 22, 1977, concluded that so many elements would have to work to double .... 
could well become so severe as to become a bottlneck on coal production. .... 
When Lewis became UMW president in 1920 he took over the largest ... Lewis 
even went so far as to give up the cherished mine workers' principle of... [DOC] [TLE] Labor Relations in Coal Mining: CQR [PAR] When negotiators for the operators and the U. M. W. come together early next 
month .... Increased working hours and increased age of the miners have brought 
an ... Coal prices were up more than 100 per cent at the time of the Armistice. ... 
and maldistribution of coal and prices averaged $3.75 a ton at the mine in 1920. [DOC] [TLE] HEROES OF AMERICAN LABOR (Part VII) | THE SATURDAY ...

Question: He went from working in a coal mine, working up, up, up to become UMW president from 1920 to 1960
Answer: John L. Lewis