Lewis Lyons (20 November 1862 – 7 July 1918[1])[2] was a British trade unionist who led numerous tailors' unions in the United Kingdom.
The strike gained support, and three weeks later, 6,000 tailors had stopped work, and John Burns, Tom Mann and Ben Tillett addressed meetings.
[4] On 12 September, the Jewish Master Tailors' Association proposed concessions, including a maximum twelve-hour working day, but withdrew them at the last moment, instead falsely claiming that agreement had been reached and the strike was over.
Lyons continued this campaign for a few years, but as the union's membership fell, he decided to move to Bristol and open a cigar shop.
In 1909, he established the London Tailors' Council, and was its first chair,[5] but he began suffering from poor health and had to resign the post shortly afterwards.