Sex Worker Unionization pp Cite as. The United States of America appears at first sight to be the best place to begin analysing contemporary sex-worker unionization. This is because it has one of the biggest and most advanced domestic sex industries in the world as a result of the size of its population, economy and particular culture. Its porn industry is the biggest of any country and it contains 4, clubs with , women working as exotic dancers Roach Yet, in another sense it is not an obvious starting place, for not only is prostitution unlawful in the vast majority of states within the union, making labour unionism for prostitutes a fraught project but labour unions themselves are very weak, with private-sector density below 10 per cent since the late s.
Indeed, it was never very high even in the heyday of union influence in the s, being 25 per cent in In this vein, Aimee et al. Although most have involved exotic dancers and not prostitutes, there have been sustained attempts to organize porn performers. But it is also important to note dancers have sought to resolve grievances through non-union means of interest representation. Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF. Skip to main content. Advertisement Hide.
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