Botson, Michael R. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781603446143 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hughes Tool Company.<br/>Labor unions -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.<br/>Labor movement -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.<br/>African Americans -- Employment.<br/>African Americans -- Civil rights.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD6517.T4 -- B67 2005eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.88/1223382/09764