Labor, Civil Rights, and the Hughes Tool Company.
Botson, Michael R.
Labor, Civil Rights, and the Hughes Tool Company. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (280 pages) - Montague Oil and Business History ; v.16 . - Montague Oil and Business History .
Intro -- contents -- illustrations -- tables -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- Houston's Working Class and the Origins of Organized Labor in the Bayou City -- How It All Began -- Labor at Hughes Tool, 1929-1934 -- Industrial Democracy Comes to the Monarchy of Hughes Street -- Jim Crow Wearing Steel-Toed Shoes and Safety Glasses -- The Battle for Union Security and Civil Rights -- The Independent Metal Workers Union Era, 1946-1961 -- No Gold Watch for Jim Crow's Retirement -- conclusion -- notes -- bibliography -- Index.
9781603446143
Hughes Tool Company.
Labor unions -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Labor movement -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Employment.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Electronic books.
HD6517.T4 -- B67 2005eb
331.88/1223382/09764
Labor, Civil Rights, and the Hughes Tool Company. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (280 pages) - Montague Oil and Business History ; v.16 . - Montague Oil and Business History .
Intro -- contents -- illustrations -- tables -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- Houston's Working Class and the Origins of Organized Labor in the Bayou City -- How It All Began -- Labor at Hughes Tool, 1929-1934 -- Industrial Democracy Comes to the Monarchy of Hughes Street -- Jim Crow Wearing Steel-Toed Shoes and Safety Glasses -- The Battle for Union Security and Civil Rights -- The Independent Metal Workers Union Era, 1946-1961 -- No Gold Watch for Jim Crow's Retirement -- conclusion -- notes -- bibliography -- Index.
9781603446143
Hughes Tool Company.
Labor unions -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Labor movement -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Employment.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Electronic books.
HD6517.T4 -- B67 2005eb
331.88/1223382/09764