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Photographs of Frontier Strike: Jesse Jackson, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 April 21 (folder 2 of 13)

Information

Date

1992-04-21

Description

Frontier Strike participants march on the Las Vegas Strip near the Riviera, Hilton, Stardust, and Frontier. Strikers are holding banners, protest signs, and multiple flags, including the American flag. Banners reading "Conquering the Frontier, Culinary Local 226, Bartenders Local 165" and "Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC" are prominently displayed. On site is former secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union, Jim Arnold, and American civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson. Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike. Site name: The Strip (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Digital ID

cwu0047

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1ms3kc1z
Details

Subject

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

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

cwu0047. 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/d1ms3kc1z

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