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American historians and anyone interested in the history of labor or Las Vegas will find this account highly original, insightful, and even-handed.

Trade Review
This work is a welcome addition to the field of labor relations and labor history... Highly recommended. Choice 2010 This book would appeal to anyone interested in the history of Las Vegas, labor relations, organized labor, or knowing more about the worker struggles that took place behind the neon lights. -- Amy Butler Monthly Labor Review 2011

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Rise of Corporate Resorts
2. Working in Las Vegas
3. The First Work Stoppages
4. The Struggle for the Casinos
5. Workplace Incidents
6. Fighting for Equal Rights
7. The Spirit of '76
8. Management Digs In, 1982–1984
9. The Strike of 1984–1985
Afterword
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

Vegas at Odds Labor Conflict in a Leisure Economy

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    Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
    Publication Date: 11/03/2010
    ISBN13: 9780801893575, 978-0801893575
    ISBN10: 0801893577
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    Labour / income economics Political economy

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    American historians and anyone interested in the history of labor or Las Vegas will find this account highly original, insightful, and even-handed.

    Trade Review
    This work is a welcome addition to the field of labor relations and labor history... Highly recommended. Choice 2010 This book would appeal to anyone interested in the history of Las Vegas, labor relations, organized labor, or knowing more about the worker struggles that took place behind the neon lights. -- Amy Butler Monthly Labor Review 2011

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    1. The Rise of Corporate Resorts
    2. Working in Las Vegas
    3. The First Work Stoppages
    4. The Struggle for the Casinos
    5. Workplace Incidents
    6. Fighting for Equal Rights
    7. The Spirit of '76
    8. Management Digs In, 1982–1984
    9. The Strike of 1984–1985
    Afterword
    Notes
    Essay on Sources
    Index

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