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Photographs of Frontier Strike: Jesse Jackson, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 April 21 (folder 3 of 13)

Information

Date

1992-04-21

Description

Frontier Strike participants march on Las Vegas Boulevard with banners, protest posters, and multiple flags, including the American flag. Buildings included in photographs are the Hilton Hotel and Casino and the Las Vegas Convention Center. On site is former secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union, Jim Arnold, and American civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson. Images also show police officers on bicycles during march. Banners read: "Justice for janitors, SEIU Local 339, AFL-CIO, CLC," "Conquering the Frontier, Culinary Local 226, Bartenders Local 165" and "Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC." The Hilton's marquee reads: "Hilton welcomes Service Employees International Union." Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike. Site name: The Strip (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Digital ID

cwu0048

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1h12vj61
Details

Subject

Culinary Workers Union Local 226
Labor unions
Strikes and lockouts
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Service Employees International Union
Arnold, Jim
Labor disputes
Crowds
Police
Banners
Labor leaders
Casinos
Demonstrations

Time Period

1990s (1990 - 1999)

Place

Las Vegas

Resource Type

Image

Material Type

photographs
photographic prints

Member of

Frontier Strike: Jesse Jackson, 1992 April 21

Archival Collection

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs

Digital Project

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Photographs

Citation

cwu0048. Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs, approximately 1950-2006. PH-00382. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1h12vj61

Rights

The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 retains copyrights to materials in this collection. Materials may be used for nonprofit purposes, including educational, teaching, scholarship, research, or other academic use. All for-profit use of copyrighted materials must receive permission in advance from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Rights Holder

Culinary Workers Union Local 226

Standardized Rights Statement

In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Date Digitized

2016-06-28

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff