Labor, civil rights, and the Hughes Tool Company / Michael R. Botson, Jr.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 16.
Main Author: Botson, Michael R., 1951-
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2005], ©2005.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 16.
Subjects:
Labor unions > Texas > History > 20th century.
Labor movement > Texas > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Employment.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Hughes Tool Company.
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Physical Description:xiv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Houston's working class and the origins of organized labor in the Bayou City
  • How it all began : Houston, labor, oil, and working at Mr. Hughes's place
  • Labor at Hughes Tool, 1929-1934 : hard times, Jim Crow, unions, and Uncle Sam
  • Industrial democracy comes to the monarchy of Hughes street : the Wagner Act, the CIO, and Hughes Tool, 1935-1940
  • Jim Crow wearing steel-toed shoes and safety glasses : Hughes Tool's race-based unionism, 1940-1943
  • The battle for union security and civil rights : labor's war at Hughes Tool, 1943-1946
  • The Independent Metal Workers Union era, 1946-1961
  • No gold watch for Jim Crow's retirement.