Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives Brown Bag Series In-Person
We Are Already Organized: The Dunes Hotel, the Showgirls of Casino de Paris and the Struggle for Unionization in Las Vegas, 1970–1980
Samantha Smith, MSU Dept. of History
For many years, dancers and showgirls had union contracts with the American Guild of Variety of Artists (AGVA). Then, in 1980, a full cast of dancers and performers with the Casino de Paris fought for unionized representation at the Dunes Hotel and Casino. What happened to the AGVA in Vegas, and what does the organization of dancers and showgirls tell us about labor issues in the postwar period
All presentations take place in the Green Room, 4th floor, MSU Library from 12:00pm - 1:15pm ET, and are available as an online webinar at https://msu.zoom.us/j/97496813137. The password is odwodl.
(Co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Gender in Global Context.)
- Date:
- Monday, April 21, 2025
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:15pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Green Room (Main Library, 4 West)
- Categories:
- Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives
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