If the vote passes, dancers at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood would be the only strippers in the U.S. represented by a union.
, according to a decision released this week.
If workers choose to be represented by a union and the NLRB certifies the election results, the Star Garden dancers' bargaining unit could be affiliated with Actors' Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000"Every worker who wants a union deserves a union, including the live performers in strip clubs," said Kate Shindle, president of Equity. "This decision moves us one step closer.
Equity first announced that it was organizing the workers at Star Garden in August, following months of picketing on the part of the strippers who said they had been locked out of their jobs.Club management could not be reached for comment.Dancers at Star Garden began picketing outside the club in March to protest alleged unsafe working conditions with the assistance of Strippers United, an organization that advocates for strippers' rights.
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