Police say 58 Culinary Union members were arrested on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday night in what the union called an act of 'civil disobedience.'
Police say 58 Culinary Union members were arrested on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday night in what the union called an act of "civil disobedience."
This all came during a rally in which thousands of Culinary members lined either side of Las Vegas Boulevard in front of the Bellagio and Paris Resorts, causing traffic delays in a stretch that has been subject to constant Formula 1-related road closures this year. Garcia said causing the massive disruptions on Wednesday night was an example of civil disobedience as a successful labor tactic to increase the awareness of their contract dispute. He said it didn’t matter if the arrests were planned and some might view it as staged because it ultimately got the union’s message out regarding what they’re fighting for.“We plan, with a group of shop steward workers, to have an act of civil disobedience. And it's in the tradition of Dr.
She said the union’s fight against corporations doesn’t have the same effect as MLK or Chavez fighting injustices for the Black or Latino communities.
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