Labor, civil rights, and the Hughes Tool Company /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Botson, Michael R., 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 16.
Subjects:
Hughes Tool Company.
Hughes Tool Company
1900-1999
Labor unions > Texas > History > 20th century.
Labor movement > Texas > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Employment.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Syndicats > Texas > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvement ouvrier > Texas > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Travail.
Noirs américains > Droits.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Employment
Labor movement
Labor unions
Diskriminierung
Gewerkschaftsmitglied
Texas
Houston, Tex.
Schwärze
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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