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Author:

Botson, Michael R., 1951-

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xiv, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hughes Tool Company.
Labor unions--Texas--History--20th century.
Labor movement--Texas--History--20th century.
African Americans--Employment
African Americans--Civil rights

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-253) and index.

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.

Series:

Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 16

ISBN:

9781585444380 (cloth : alk. paper)
1585444383 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62247836

LCCN:

2005000862

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)