In SF, strippers were upset about working conditions, sued, and laws were changed so that strippers are now considered employees, not independent contractors. This backfired horribly, with strip clubs cutting pay to make up for losses, and hundreds of strippers quitting. (Cont)
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I heard about this first through a stripper friend who'd quit because of this. She said working at the club was simply not worth it now due to the reduced income and flexibility. You can read more here:
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I anticipate something like this happening when the laws change around ride sharing platforms. I predict, in the end, the ways the platforms have to adapt to comply to the laws will end up having the worst outcomes for the drivers.
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I think there is a big complicating factor here though - a large number of strippers commit persistent tax evasion, which seems to be driving ~50% of the reaction. I don't know if "restricting options has negative consequences" should count "preventing tax fraud" as said option
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Employees get scheduled for shifts, contractors control their own schedules. This is a huge benefit for a lot of dancers.
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Eh, sounds like some upsides and downsides though. I would be surprised if the impact was uniformly negative.
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This remembers me about how in Mexico, there was this law that banned animals on circuses that was pushed by animalist activists. But then so many animals were sacrificed by the circuses because they had nowhere to keep them.
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It’s really a plot by fundamentalist groups to shut down stripper clubs in SF
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