Las Vegas 8-14-1992 — César Chávez rallies striking Frontier Hotel workers. (Photo courtesy of Culinary Workers Union Local 226.)

 

     Las Vegas 8-14-1992 — César Chávez with Geoconda Arguello-Kline, current president of Culinary Workers Union Local 226. (Photo courtesy of Culinary Workers Union Local 226.)

 

     Las Vegas 8-14-1992 — César Chávez with picketers at the Frontier Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. The Frontier strike lasted more than eight years and garnered worldwide attention as the longest-running strike in the country. The hotel is now unionized. (Photo courtesy of Culinary Workers Union Local 226.)

 

     Reno 3-31-2004 — Reno resident Maria Zamora addresses the 2004 Reno César Chávez Celebration at her display of United Farm Workers of America memorabilia.

Maria Zamora remembers working for Chávez
Reno Gazette-Journal 3-31-2005

 

     Reno 3-31-2004 — Reno resident Maria Zamora's tattered United Farm Workers of America flag — signed by César Chávez himself — a treasured memento of her days marching with Chávez in California. She will again display her UFW memorabilia at the 2005 Reno celebration.

Maria Zamora remembers working for Chávez
Reno Gazette-Journal 3-31-2005

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