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Labor, Civil Rights, and the Hughes Tool Company (Kenneth E. Montague Series in Oil and Business History) [Hardcover]

Michael R. Botson Jr. (Author)


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“A very worthy study . . . makes an important contribution to the literature . . . the subject of African American workers’ initiative is sensitively handled. . . there are no comparable studies on labor in the state of Texas.”--Emilio Zamora, University of Texas at Austin
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About the Author

MICHAEL R. BOTSON, JR., who has taught history at Houston Community College since 1999, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Houston. His interest in labor history also draws on a decade of experience as an apprentice then journeyman millwright.

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  • Hardcover: 280 pages
  • Publisher: TAMU Press (September 5, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1585444383
  • ISBN-13: 978-1585444380
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,191,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rotary drilling bits, unfair labor charges, intermediate report, joint certification, fide unions, union certification elections, grievance men, interracial unionism, black unionists, collective bargaining agent, pany unions, bargaining agency, tool company, segregated locals, authorization cards
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Hughes Tool, Labor Board, Jim Crow, Wagner Act, African Americans, Ivory Davis, Richard Guess, Tom Davis, World War, Colonel Kuldell, Robert Carter, Columbus Henry, Independent Metal Workers Union, Mosher Steel, Lorane Ashley, Supreme Court, Knights of Labor, Houston Negro Labor News, Frank Hardesty, Houston Labor Council, Jimmy Delmar, Robert Grovey, Clarence Ramby, Gulf Coast, Humble Oil
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