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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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Aella

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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:

sfexaminer.com

New rules for contractors have unexpected consequences for The City’s strip clubs

As some 30 dancers were handed the first employee paychecks ever issued to them by the Penthouse Club one evening…

2:45 AM · Sep 29, 2019

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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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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Sep 29, 2019

Sex workers seem to me to broadly fall into the "young female liberal" group, which tend towards fairness-oriented ideas, regardless of how practical they are.

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My stripper friend was pretty bummed about it yeah

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A good friend of mine was a founding member of the Exotic Dancer's Alliance that unionized the Lusty Lady in San Francisco. The dancers were much happier afterwards because their working conditions and pay improved. The anti-union propaganda around this is amazing.

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There is nothing so good, that involving the government can't make unbearable. The having is almost never as what the wanting expects, or as good.

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"This whole business will be completely ruined. The whole point about being a stripper is you go in, get fast cash, no one knows how you’re getting it, it’s not documented and it’s not taken from you" So the business model is only viable because of tax evasion?