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Unionized bodies in topless bar! Strippers join servers and baristas in new labor movement

Dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in Los Angeles have voted to become the only unionized strippers in the U.S. – joining a growing trend of young employees seeking workplace protection though labor mobilization.

The Conversation · May 20, 2023

Dancers at Los Angeles bar to become only unionized strippers in US after 15-month battle

Dancers at a Los Angeles bar could soon become the only unionized group of strippers in the U.S. The Actors’ Equity Association labor union says that owners of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have withdrawn their opposition and agreed to recognize the strippers’ union

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

Dancers at topless bar in Los Angeles become only unionised strippers in US

‘This victory is so sweet,’ says one of the dancers after union formed following years of tensions with management

The Independent UK · May 17, 2023

First Thing: judge orders DoJ to prepare redacted Trump search affidavit

Justice department opposed release of document but Florida federal judge says portions of it ‘could be presumptively unsealed’. Plus, meet the strippers who have filed to unionize

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

Strippers have a new tactic in a North Hollywood labor fight. Organizing with an actors union

On Saturday nights, the strip clubs fill up. But at Star Garden, a dingy dive bar in North Hollywood advertising topless girls, the real action is outside.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 18, 2022