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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.

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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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      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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