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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

@Aella_Girl

Sep 29, 2019

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…

Aella

@Aella_Girl

Sep 29, 2019

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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Contractor or employees if the club wants to take advantage of you they can use either situation It's the club owner not the laws

Aella

@Aella_Girl

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Club owners have an incentive for strippers not to quit, and publicly spoke against the new law. The end outcome was worse for both groups.

2:57 AM · Sep 29, 2019

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is exactly correct. Workers are not necessarily better off as employees than contractors. I call it the happy meal fallacy

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that's what always happen when government gets involved, both sides lose..wish people would realize that like with min. wage laws, careful what you wish for.....

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As I said previously whether either situation is toxic to sex workers is dependent on whether club owners are using laws to take advantage or a mutually beneficial arrangement You can't legislate morals onto shitty club owners