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Rare Interview Reveals John L. Lewis on Organizing Labor
In a rare post retirement AP interview, John L. Lewis urges renewed organizing over rivalries, defends unions while criticizing AFL-CIO for expelling the Teamsters, and weighs labor’s political role, automation, child labor, and unemployment with wit and control. He recalls past wage levels and union tactics, stressing that organizing the unorganized is the answer.
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