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Strippers seek representation with Actors’ Equity Association
Dancers from the Magic Tavern strip bar in Northwest Portland aim to become just the second unionized group of strippers in the U.S.
The Chicago production of Drunk Shakespeare is one of five productions of the show currently running around the country, but the only one unionized at present.
Dancers at a Los Angeles bar recently became the first strippers in the nation to win union recognition. Dancers at Star Garden hope to inspire other strippers across the country to unionize.
The comedy operation “Drunk Shakespeare,” wherein an actor drinks copious qualities of pre-show alcohol for comedic purposes, is facing a unionization demand from workers at its franchise on Wabash Avenue in Chicago’s Loop.
The newly unionized Star Gardens strippers are a triumph for the labor movement, proving that regardless of their profession, when workers unite, they can win.
Dancers at Star Garden Topless Bar in North Hollywood have become the only unionized strippers in the country after 15 months of organizing that began after performers such as one who identified herself as Reagan raised concerns about client interactions getting physical and a rule they say forbade dancers from seeking help from security.
Star Garden dancers won the battle for union recognition after a 15-month organizing effort
Dancers at a North Hollywood topless bar voted to be represented by Actors’ Equity Association last week, setting them up to be the only unionized strippers in the U.S., according to the union.
