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Photographs of Frontier Strike: Jesse Jackson, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 April 21 (folder 9 of 13)

Information

Date

1992-04-21

Description

Secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union, Jim Arnold, and American civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson, give a public speech on a stage outside of the Frontier Hotel and Casino on April 21, 1992. Images also show Culinary Union workers marching with protest posters, banners, and the American flag. Following the protesting crowd are camera operators and police officers on bicycles and motorcycles. Banners and posters read: "Labor & Rainbow in solidarity, The National Rainbow Coalition, Inc." "Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC," and "Service Employees Union. Frontier Hotel on strike, Culinary Workers Union, Bartenders Union, Teamsters Union, Operating Engineers Union, Carpenters Union, sanctioned by Southern Nevada Central Labor Council AFL-CIO." Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike. Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino.

Digital ID

cwu0054

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1qj7883w
Details

Subject

Culinary Workers Union Local 226
Labor unions
Strikes and lockouts
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Arnold, Jim
Labor disputes
Casinos
Labor leaders
Banners
Public speaking
Demonstrations
Frontier Hotel and Casino

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

cwu0054. 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/d1qj7883w

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

2016-06-29

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff