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Culinary Union workers strike outside the Frontier Hotel and Casino during the Boilermakers rally on August 15, 1991. Images include protesters along the Frontier Hotel and Casino and the Stardust Resort and Casino. Images of the Main Street Hotel and Casino are also included. The Frontier marquee is pictured, it reads: "Welcome Boilermakers, players bar 10am to 10pm, boilermakers 50 cents, bottle beer 25 cents."Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino; Stardust Resort and Casino; Main Street Station Casino Brewery Hotel (Las Vegas, Nev.)
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Frontier Strike participants march on Las Vegas Boulevard with posters, banners, and flags on April 21, 1992. Secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union, Jim Arnold, and American civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson, participate in the march. Banners read: "Conquering the Frontier, Culinary Local 226, Bartenders Local 165," "Labor & Rainbow in solidarity, The National Rainbow Coalition, Inc." and "Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC." Surrounding the protesting crowd are camera operators, photographers, and police officers. Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike. Site name: Frontier Hotel and Casino.
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Meeting on water in Las Vegas. Discussion included the decline in water pressure throughout the valley, watershed recharge, BMI Water, a possible water district, well drilling, and more.
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