- Employees at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, California, voted to form a union.
- Employees, including dancers, entertainers and DJs, aspire to become representatives of the Actors Equity Association.
- They are the first stripper union in the United States in ten years.
Adult performers at a topless dive bar in North Hollywood voted to form a union after a 15-month struggle with management, becoming the first strippers union in a decade.
of National Labor Relations Commission On Thursday, dancers, entertainers and DJs at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, Calif., voted 17-0 to represent the Actors Equity Association, a union representing people working in the entertainment industry. announced.
According to an NLRB press release, Stargarden has admitted to resolving unfair labor practices in 2022, including rehiring employees fired by the club, not paying staff, and not re-filing bankruptcy for at least a year. He said he plans to negotiate with the union.
Dancers at the bar had applied for union approval in 2022 for better wages, greater safety and better protection against wrongful dismissal, insiders previously reported.
The club’s owners initially opposed the union’s vote, but earlier this week they withdrew all protests, prompting the ongoing campaign to be postponed, according to a press release from the newspaper. Actors Equity Association.
They are the first U.S. stripper union in a decade since Rusty Lady, San Francisco’s only unionized strip club, closed in 2013. According to CNN.
“I’m thrilled to finally have all my beautiful colleagues at the table and raise their voices to discuss safety and other issues,” Stargarden dancer Cinder told CNN. “Today is an important day for us and for dancers around the world.”
Once the decision was made, the workers became emotional, with several cheering and crying. According to CBS News.
worker posted a photo This is Hoho’s Twitter account for Stripper Strike. Dedicated to representing the strike, celebrating a historic victory, he said, “NLRB just counted our votes and it’s official!! We are united!! We did it!!!”
Insiders contacted Star Garden, NLRB, Actors Equity Association, and Stripper Strike Noho but did not receive an immediate response outside of normal business hours.