Labor, civil rights, and the Hughes Tool Company / Michael R. Botson, Jr.
- Author:
- Botson, Michael R., 1951-
- Published:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2005]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2005
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Series:
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 1585444383 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and index.
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